12-11-06 A whale that is almost unknown to science has been seen for the first time after two individuals -- a mother and her male calf -- were stranded and died on a New Zealand beach. A report in the November 6th issue of Current Biology offers the first c...

12-10-31 Arboreal（栖息在树上的） tarantulas（狼蛛，毒蛛） are known from a few tropical places in Asia, Africa, South and Central America and the Caribbean. These tarantulas generally have a lighter build, thinner bodies and longer legs, better suited for t...

12-10-26 Assassin bug（猎蝽） , so named because these insects lie in ambush for prey that they attack with speed and precision, are found all over the world. Nearly 140 species of these bugs are blood-sucking; because they can bite humans around the mouth,...

12-10-17 Northern Alberta's boreal（北方的） forest shows a surprising resiliency to human intrusion（闯入） , but University of Alberta researchers warn the landscape has a definite breaking point. The U of A research team led by graduate student Stephen Ma...

12-10-08 An African mosquito species with a deadly capacity to transmit malaria（疟疾） has a perplexing evolutionary history, according to discovery by researchers at the Fralin Life Science Institute at Virginia Tech. Closely related African mosquito speci...

12-10-08 Warming temperatures in Ohio are a key driver behind changes in the state's landscape, and non-native plant species appear to be responding more strongly than native wildflowers to the changing climate, new research suggests. This adaptive nature de...

12-09-25 What if you woke up every day to find that the closest grocery store had moved several miles farther away from your home? Over time, you would have to travel hundreds of extra miles to find essential food for yourself and your family. This is potent...

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 ....

12-09-24 Ferocious (savagely fierce; a tiger) 凶猛的 Tame (domesticated from a state of wildness; a horse) 温顺的 Venomous (poisonous; some species of snake) 有毒的 Agile (quick in movement; a monkey) 敏捷的 Prehistoric (from a time before recorded history;...

12-09-13 A new species of monkey has been identified in Africa, say scientists. 科学家称，非洲发现了一种新猴子。 The primate was discovered in the Democratic Republic of Congo where it is known locally as a lesula. The species is separated from its nearest c...