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划蝽 地球上声音最大的动物
11-07-04 Scientists have shown for the first time that the loudest animal on earth, relative to its body size, is the tiny water boatman（划蝽） , Micronecta scholtzi. At 99.2 decibels, this represents the equivalent of listening to an orchestra（乐队） play...
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动物对病毒易感性不同导致感染症状不同
11-07-01 A new study shows that differences in the vulnerability（弱点） of animals to a virus are crucial to understanding patterns of infection, and that variation in susceptibility to two marginally different viruses increases the number of infections whe...
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意总理代言动物绝育广告
11-03-05 A German animal welfare charity has launched an ad campaign for pet de-sexing that features scandal-hit Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi next to the slogan Too much sex can be a bad thing ... for dogs and cats too. 德国一家动物慈善机构近日发...
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斗鸡眼负鼠预测波特曼将获封奥斯卡影后
11-02-26 A cross-eyed opossum called Heidi, who has filled the void left by psychic Paul the Octopus, has predicted that Natalie Portman will walk away with this year's Best Actress Oscar. 斗鸡眼负鼠海蒂近日预测，娜塔莉波特曼将摘走本届奥斯卡影后的桂冠。海蒂...
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环境变暖促使野生马鹿发情期提前
11-01-16 Wild red deer on the Isle of Rum, which were featured in the BBC TV series Autumnwatch, are rutting（发情） earlier in the year, a study shows. Scientists believe the annual rutting season on the Isle of Rum could be changing because of warming spri...
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英国女王带皮帽引发动物保护者谴责
10-12-30 英国女王伊丽莎白二世和康沃尔公爵夫人卡米拉因带皮帽参加教堂礼拜而遭到动物保护者的强烈谴责。 The Queen has come under fire from animal rights campaigners for her cream-coloured fur hat and matching fur coat trim, which experts claim was made from fur...
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印度发现大批琥珀
10-10-27 Those who are proud to have a piece of amber（湖泊） that holds a little animal trapped in it maybe should not continue to read this. For what can be seen in the millions of years-old tree resin（树脂，松香） is almost always just a paper-thin faade...
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欧盟将暂停食品生产的动物克隆
10-10-23 欧盟委员会近日宣布，将在近期就克隆食品提出一项立法建议，建议欧盟在今后5年暂停用于食品生产的动物克隆，不过，仍将允许从美国等地进口用克隆动物后代生产的食品。 The European Union announced plans on Tuesday to temporarily ban the use of animal cloning fo...
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英国“虐猫大婶”被起诉虐待动物
10-09-25 A British woman who sparked an Internet hate campaign after she was caught on camera dumping a cat into a rubbish bin was charged Monday with causing unnecessary suffering to the animal. 因被摄像头拍下把一只小猫丢进垃圾桶而遭到网友声讨的英国虐猫大婶...
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Wood Fire 森林之火
10-09-14 Wood Fire One woman lectured her best friend on the nature of the male animal. Husbands are like wood fires; they go out if left unattened. Does that mean, asked the other, that they make ashes of themselves? 森林之火 一名妇女向她最好的朋友大谈雄性...
