Latvia’s maggots to the rescue, and a grizzly bear visits the dentist.

Your daily kids news podcast. Australia has an inland sea; Latvia’s maggots to the rescue; Grizzly bear visits the dentist; and Squiz Kids school holiday content. Thanks to Cyclone Alfred’s mega rains, Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre in Australia’s middle has come alive with shrimp, fish, flowers, and birds from Japan to Russia, all throwing a wild nature party in the outback! In Latvia, wriggly maggots are on garbage duty! These tiny trash-chompers are gobbling up waste by the tonne—cleaning up the planet one squirmy bite at a time. Tundra the giant brown bear had a major toothache—until vets gave him a shiny titanium crown! Now he’s the king of the zoo with the coolest smile around. For the full episode transcript, click here.