14-07-26 A new study suggests that Saharan dust played a major role in the formation of the Bahamas islands. Researchers from the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science showed that iron-rich Saharan dust provides the nut...

14-07-23 In Jeju, Korea, a place emerging as a world-famous vacation spot with natural tourism resources, a recent study revealed a volcanic eruption occurred on the island. The Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) indicated that there...

14-07-23 Scarcely had I finished when, looking out to sea, I saw the vessel heading for the island, and, feeling that it would be useless for me to protest my innocence, I again concealed myself among the branches of a tree that grew near by. The old man and...

14-07-09 A sailor was the only survivor of the shipwreck. He had to stay on a desert island for three years. One day he was very pleased to find a ship anchored in the day. When a small boat came ashore, an officer handed him a bunch of newspaper and said, T...

14-06-20 Nay, Sindbad. Heaven forbid that I should covet your riches; I will rather add to them, for I desire that you shall not leave my kingdom without some tokens of my good will. He then commanded his officers to provide me with a suitable lodging at his...

14-06-20 Turning away from the sea we wandered miserably inland, finding as we went various herbs and fruits which we ate, feeling that we might as well live as long as possible though we had no hope of escape. Presently we saw in the far distance what seeme...

14-06-20 From time to time we landed at various islands, where we sold or exchanged our merchandise（商品，货物） , and one day, when the wind dropped suddenly, we found ourselves becalmed（平静的） close to a small island like a green meadow, which only ros...

14-03-20 Using ancient DNA analysis and other techniques, a research team led by conservation biologists at the University of California, Riverside has determined that bighorn sheep, so named for their massive spiral horns, became extinct on Tiburn Island, a...

14-01-13 Most of us have seen pictures and probably YouTube videos of tame animals on the Galapagos Islands, the biological paradise that was Charles Darwin's major source of inspiration as he observed nature and gradually developed his ideas about the impor...

13-11-19 At least 14 people have been killed after a cyclone, accompanied by heavy rains, tore through the Italian island of Sardinia. 一场飓风伴随着大量降雨席卷意大利撒丁岛，造成至少14人死亡。 Hundreds of people have been evacuated from their homes A number...