14-02-14 New data from the field in Central Africa shows that between 2002 and 2013, 65 percent of forest elephants were killed. They are being poached, for their ivory, at a shocking 9 percent per year. This new data marks an update to an earlier paper in t...

14-01-24 A wolf once met a donkey on the road outside the village. 一次，一只狼在村外的路上遇见了一头驴。 I'm going to eat you up, said the wolf. 我要把你吃掉。狼说。 Certainly, replied the donkey, thinking fast. But please don't eat me out here on the road...

14-01-23 Woodland salamanders（蝾螈） are small, lungless amphibians that live in moist, forest habitats throughout the U.S. and the world. Salamanders often serve as vital links in forest food chains; their population size and recovery from major disturbanc...

14-01-08 There was once a poor peasant who sat in the evening by the hearth and poked the fire, and his wife sat and span. Then said he, How sad it is that we have no children! With us all is so quiet, and in other houses it is noisy and lively. Yes, replied...

14-01-08 Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel and the girl Grethel. He had little to bite and to break, and once when great scarcity fell on the land, he could no longer procure daily b...

13-11-25 There was once a forester（护林人） who went into the forest to hunt, and as he entered it he heard a sound of screaming as if a little child were there. He followed the sound, and at last came to a high tree, and at the top of this a little child w...

13-11-21 Two kings' sons once went out in search of adventures, and fell into a wild, disorderly way of living, so that they never came home again. The youngest, who was called Simpleton, set out to seek his brothers, but when at length he found them they mo...

13-11-20 There was once an old castle in the midst of a large and thick forest, and in it an old woman who was a witch dwelt all alone. In the day-time she changed herself into a cat or a screech-owl, but in the evening she took her proper shape again as a h...

13-11-20 There was once a man who understood all kinds of arts; he served in war, and behaved well and bravely, but when the war was over he received his dismissal（解雇） , and three farthings for his expenses on the way. Stop, said he, I shall not be conte...

13-11-20 The she-wolf brought forth a young one, and invited the fox to be godfather. After all, he is a near relative of ours, said she, he has a good understanding, and much talent; he can instruct my little son, and help him forward in the world. The fox,...