• 鸟类敏锐的嗅觉源自恐龙

    11-04-13 Pigeons may not instill(灌输,滴注) the same aura(光环,气味) of fear as a Tyrannosaurus rex, but they inherited their sense of smell from such prehistoric killers. Birds are known more for their flying abilities and their senses of vision and b...

  • 候鸟可能对传播禽流感起重要作用

    11-03-25 Wild migratory birds(候鸟) may indeed play a role in the spread of bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic(致病的) avian influenza H5N1. A study by the U.S. Geological Survey, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and the Chines...

  • 美国鸟类易受杀虫剂毒害

    11-03-11 A new study by scientists from Maryland and Colorado using American kestrels(美洲隼) , a surrogate(代理的) test species for raptorial birds, suggests that they are at greater risk from poisoning from the rodenticide(灭鼠剂) diphacinone than pr...

  • 美国阿肯色州数千只鸟无故死亡

    11-01-08 新年前夕,约5000只红翅乌鸫从阿肯色州比比镇的天空中坠落,该州狩猎和渔业委员会称这些鸟曾受过严重的身体创伤,将对死鸟进行进一步的检测以确定原因。 Thousands of dead red-winged blackbirds fell from the sky in an Arkansas town on New Year's Eve after mass...

  • 瑞典发生鸟类神秘死亡事件

    11-01-06 Dozens of dead birds have been found lying in a residential street in Sweden, days after thousands of birds fell to their deaths in the US. 瑞典一条居民区道路上发现数十只鸟类尸体,数日前美国也曾发现数以千计的死亡鸟类。 One eyewitness said he had see...

  • 那利亚纳乌鸦可能在75年内灭绝

    10-12-21 Researchers from the University of Washington say the Mariana crow(乌鸦) , a forest crow living on Rota Island in the western Pacific Ocean, will go extinct in 75 years. The extinction could happen almost twice as soon as previously believed. The...

  • 飞机的形状应该像鸟吗?

    10-11-22 Airplanes do not look much like birds -- unless you were to imagine a really weird(怪异的) bird or a very strange plane -- but should they? This question is exactly what a pair of engineers in California and South Africa inadvertently(非故意地)...

  • 菲律宾可能藏有更多独特的鸟类

    10-10-21 Recent work by Dr. David Lohman, assistant professor of biology at The City College of New York, suggests the Philippines, considered by biologists to be a biodiversity hotspot, could have more unique species of birds than previously thought. If tha...

  • 气候变化可影响到长距离迁徙的候鸟

    10-09-27 Birds embarking on long distance migrations are more vulnerable to shifts in the climate than ones making shorter journeys, a study suggests. 研究显示,进行长距离迁徙的鸟类比短途迁徙的鸟类更容易受到气候变化所带来的伤害。 Swallows are among the speci...

  • 城市地区的鸟类面临的危险相对较小

    10-09-24 While birds living in urban areas face more predators(捕食者) than do those in rural areas, that doesn't mean urban birds face more danger from nest robbers. A six-year study conducted in 19 central Ohio forests from 2004 to 2009 found that, as ex...