1. Choose Your Box
Pre-order now to ensure that you get our first box in July. Each month features a different biome in a different region of the world.
2. We Build Your Expedition
Our first box will ship in July. Our successive boxes will be shipped on the second Monday of the month.
3. Your Explorer Discovers
Once your box arrives, sit back while your explorer enjoys their adventure... or join in on the fun!
What's In The Box?
Field Notebook
Full of information, activities, craft instructions, and space for journaling.
Craft Supplies
At least one themed craft based off of an animal or the biome.
Comicbook
A short comic based on a real-life animal and a conservation issue.
Sticker Sheet
Stickers of animals from this month's biome.
Biofact
An item from nature such as a feather, cast tooth, seed pod, etc. to add to your scientific collection.
Passport
Track your progress through the different biomes through your Eco Explorer Passport.
About Our Biofacts
What is a Biofact?
A biofact is a real object from nature that helps kids connect with the natural world in a tangible way. A biofact could be a feather, a seed pod, a tooth cast, a shed snake skin or even a preserved specimen.
Are Biofacts real?
Many of our biofacts - such as feathers and seeds - are real! However, others are replicas of real things, such as casts of teeth, claws, or footprints.
Where do you source your Biofacts?
We put a lot of effort and research into finding ethically sourced biofacts. This is to avoid harming and/or exploiting the animals and environments where these biofacts come from. Feathers, sheds, and fur/hair are only collected as a result of a living animal going through a natural molting process - the animals are not harmed whatsoever. Any specimens or products from deceased animals are only those who have died naturally and were not killed for the production of the biofact.
We also check that your biofact is legal for you to own without requiring special permits or tags. For example, feathers from native bird species are illegal to own in the United States. Feathers from non-native and domesticated bird species are legal to own. We ensure that the feathers you recieve are legally aqcuired.
Allergies
If someone in your household has severe allergies from being exposed to certain natural materials, please contact us when you order. This includes: feathers, animal fur/hair, tree nuts, isopropyl alcohol. We will try our best to provide you with an alternative biofact.
Disclaimer:
Please do not try to collect your own "biofacts" without doing extensive research. Along with facing potential legal issues, much harm can be done to ecosystems if we take from nature indiscriminately. While collecting cool finds from your backyard is usually fine, public land such as State and National Parks generally ban the removal of found items.