Looking for nature riddles? You've found the right page. We've collected 20 kid-safe nature riddles, ranging from quick "what am I" warm-ups to head-scratching brain-teasers. Each riddle includes the answer behind a tap, so kids get a chance to guess before peeking. Great as classroom starters, lunch-box surprises, or a family game.
116 nature riddles
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Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day. They were there the whole day and only caught 3 fish. One father said, that is enough for all of us, we will have one each. How can this be possible?
Hint: Two fathers and two sons went fishing one day…
Violet, indigo, blue and green, yellow, orange and red; these are the colors you have seen after the storm has fled.What am I?
Hint: Violet…
Walking home one day, you take a short cut along the train tracks. The tracks cross a narrow bridge over a deep gorge. At the point you are 3/8 of the way across the bridge, you hear the train whistle somewhere behind you. You charge across the bridge, and jump off the track as the train is about to run you down. As it happens, if you had gone the other way, you would have reached safety just before being run over as well. If you can run ten miles per hour, how fast is the train moving?
Hint: Walking home one day…
Weight in my belly, Trees on my back. Nails in my ribs, Feet I do lack.
I’m the seed of a cherry tree, Roasted dark for energy. Ground and brewed, a bitter taste, In a cup, I’m often placed.
Hint: caffeine source
What can go up and come down without moving?
What can run but never walks, has a mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps, has a bed but never sleeps?
Hint: What can run but never walks…
I spread out flat on the green, green grass. I’m the spot where sandwiches and laughter pass. Ants might visit for a crumb or two, Then you fold me up when the day is through.
Hint: You might use me in a park on a sunny day.
A globe of sweetness, a peel so bright, It’s my name and color, both in sight. Segment by segment, a juicy prize, Vitamin C for healthy eyes.
Hint: color and fruit
What falls but doesn’t break, and what breaks but doesn’t fall?
I grow in the dark, a funky treat, Sauteed in butter, I’m savory meat. Cap and stem, a forest fella, In your soup or on your pizza, I’m quite the fella.
Hint: Fungi are fun!
I’m a tiny beetle with a secret light. I twinkle in the bushes at night. Catch me gently in a jar, then let me go, So I can keep putting on my starry show.
Hint: You see me in the backyard around June and July.
What goes into the water black and comes out red?
What goes through the door without pinching itself? What sits on the stove without burning itself? What sits on the table and is not ashamed?
Hint: What goes through the door without pinching itself…
What goes up when the rain comes down?
I’m woven or canvas, tied tight with a knot. I sway in the shade where the breeze is cool. I’m a cozy retreat, the ultimate spot, To nap in the garden, that’s my rule.
Hint: You need two strong trees or posts to use me.
I live underground. I make soil healthy. I come out when it rains. I am long and wiggly.
Hint: I’m a gardener’s friend.
What has no heart Yet is alive? It never moves People stab it with knives.
What has roots as nobody sees. Is taller than trees. Up, up it goes. And yet never grows?
Hint: What has roots as nobody sees…
What has roots that nobody sees, and is taller than trees. Up, up it goes, and yet it never grows. What is it?
Hint: What has roots that nobody sees…