Animal Parenting Crossword Puzzle

About the Animal Parenting Crossword Puzzle

This puzzle explores the ways animal parents care for their offspring, from building nests and incubating eggs to nursing, guarding, and teaching. Look for behaviors such as brooding and provisioning, along with examples including wolf packs, emperor penguins, and orangutans. It is a good fit for animal lovers and students learning about wildlife, family behavior, and life cycles.

This crossword draws on 39 clues about Animal Parenting. Each grid uses a different handful and fits them together a new way, so press New puzzle for another whenever you finish. The answers are in the answer key when you print, and behind the Reveal button when you play.

Sample clues

• •Long-winged seabird that may raise one chick at a time (9 letters)
• •Transport offspring while moving (5 letters)
• •Matriarch-led group of gray giants (12 letters)
• •Leave the nest after growing flight feathers (6 letters)
• •Emerge from an egg (5 letters)
• •Birds' structure for eggs and chicks (4 letters)
• •Asian ape whose young stay with a parent for years (9 letters)
• •Supply offspring with needed resources (9 letters)

Teaching this topic or planning a party? Make your own crossword with your own words and clues.