14-08-07 A good man had a beautiful wife, whom he loved passionately, and never left if possible. One day, when he was obliged by important business to go away from her, he went to a place where all kinds of birds are sold and bought a parrot. This parrot no...

14-08-04 A new study involving scientists from the University of Southampton has revealed how massive, meat-eating, ground-dwelling dinosaurs evolved into agile（敏捷的） flying birds: they just kept shrinking and shrinking, for over 50 million years. Today,...

14-06-17 For caterpillars（毛毛虫） , having a well-rounded（面面俱到的） diet can be fraught with peril（危险） . UC Irvine and Wesleyan University biologists have learned that caterpillars that feed on one or two plant species are better able to hide from...

14-05-26 Australia can no longer lay claim to the origins of the iconic New Zealand kiwi following University of Adelaide research published in the journal Science today showing the kiwi's closest relative is not the emu（鸸鹋） as was previously thought. In...

14-05-14 Because of their far-flung（遥远的，广泛的） geography and colorful examples including the African ostrich（鸵鸟） , Australian emu, New Zealand kiwi and long lost giants such as the New Zealand moa, Baker, et. al. have examined a fascinating part i...

14-02-13 Birds that hoard（贮藏） food for a rainy day better be sure that there are no great tits around to spy on where they hide their reserve of seeds and nuts. So says Anders Brodin and Utku Urhan of the University of Lund in Sweden, who found that grea...

14-01-18 Researchers using custom-built GPS and accelerometer loggers, developed with funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, (EPSRC), and attached to free-flying birds on migration, have gained ground-breaking insights into the...

14-01-08 There was once a great battle between the birds and the beasts. The beasts won the battle. On their way home, one of the beasts met a bat. oh, you are a bird. I'll eat you up, said the beast. no, no, said the bat. I am not a bird. I am a mouse. Look...

13-12-12 Air flows mostly in a one-way loop（环，圈） through the lungs of monitor lizards -- a breathing method shared by birds, alligators and presumably（大概，推测） dinosaurs, according to a new University of Utah study. The findings -- published online...

13-10-24 Once upon a time, there was a giant tree in the forest. Many many birds lived in this tree. And the wisest of them was their leader. One day the leader bird saw two branches rubbing against each other. They were making wood powder come falling down....