13-01-08 The question 'How do songbirds sing?' is addressed in a study published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Biology. High-field magnetic resonance imaging and micro-computed tomography（断层摄影术） have been used to construct stunning high...

12-09-25 影片对白 Nigel: I know I'm not a pretty birdie...but I used to be quite a looker . A star. Lights, camera, action. I was striking , suave , ambitious. Feet to beak...so birdie-licious. Now I'm vile, I am villainous , and vicious. Oh, and malicious ....

12-09-13 Western scrub jays（灌丛鸦） summon others to screech over the body of a dead jay, according to new research from the University of California, Davis. The birds' cacophonous（粗腔横调的） funerals can last for up to half an hour. Anecdotal reports h...

12-09-03 Pigeon racers are mystified after hundreds birds disappeared in an area they have now dubbed the Bermuda Triangle. 数百只赛鸽近日在英国上空神秘失踪，令赛鸽手十分困惑，他们称这一区域为神秘的空中百慕大。 Only 13 out of 232 birds released in Thirsk , N...

12-07-26 A new study by York University researchers finds that songbirds follow a strict annual schedule when migrating to their breeding grounds -- with some birds departing on precisely the same date each year. The study, published in the journal PLoS ONE,...

12-07-25 Beginning with Yu the great, the Xia Dynasty had lasted about four hundred years before Jie became the supreme ruler. And that was in the 18th century BC. Jie was extremely tyrannical（残暴的） and dissolute（放荡的） . This aroused great resentment...

12-07-04 A new species of feathered dinosaur discovered in southern Germany is further changing the perception of how predatory（食肉的） dinosaurs looked. The fossil of Sciurumimus albersdoerferi, which lived about 150 million years ago, provides the first...

12-06-05 Giant insects ruled the prehistoric（史前的） skies during periods when Earth's atmosphere was rich in oxygen. Then came the birds. After the evolution of birds about 150 million years ago, insects got smaller despite rising oxygen levels, according...

12-04-18 Teacher: Here are two birds, one is a swallow, the other is sparrow. Now who can tell us which is which? Student: I cannot point out but I know the answer. Teacher: Please tell us. Student: The swallow is beside the sparrow and the sparrow is beside...

12-03-05 Scientists from PRBO Conservation Science and the Department of Fish and Game have completed an innovative study on the effects of climate change on bird species of greatest concern. This first-of-its-kind study prioritizes which species are most at...