• 澳洲南美洲有袋类动物家族树归类研究取得进展

    10-07-28 Debates have raged for decades about how to arrange the Australian and South American branches of the marsupial(有袋类动物) family tree. While marsupials like the Australian tammar wallaby(塔马尔沙袋鼠) and the South American opossum(负鼠) see...

  • 多米尼加发现古猴化石

    10-07-23 Scientists have examined fossilised remains of a tiny, extinct monkey that were retrieved from an underwater cave in the Dominican Republic. 多米尼加共和国的科学家检测了从一处水下洞穴取回的一只微小的、绝迹猴子化石。 Scientists believe the creature w...

  • 两栖类致死传染病致病菌被发现

    10-07-21 A killer has been caught in the act(当场) : the first before-and-after view of an infectious disease that led to an amphibian(两栖类的) die-off has been released by the scientists who tracked it. The results are published this week in the journa...

  • 远古鸟类从北美洲扩散至南美洲

    10-07-14 Scientists studying ancient species migration believe northern birds had the ability to colonise continents that southern species lacked. The research, published in Ecography(描述生态学) , reveals how the ancient 'land bridge' of Panama, which fir...

  • 新恐龙以其头饰特征命名

    10-07-09 When Nicholas Longrich discovered a new dinosaur species with a heart-shaped frill(装饰) on its head, he wanted to come up with a name just as flamboyant(艳丽的,炫耀的) as the dinosaur's appearance. Over a few beers with fellow paleontologists...

  • 10种新近发现的食虫植物简介

    10-06-02 Each year The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University names the Top 10 new species described in the previous calendar year. The list for 2009 was published to coincide with(与一致) the 303rd anniversary on May 2...

  • 英国发现新蛾类

    10-04-29 A moth new to science and found nowhere else in the world has been formally recognised as living in the UK. 科学发展史上首次发现一种全新飞蛾,该蛾类目前只发现于英国。 The type specimen The 3mm-long micro moth, which lives in Hembury Woods in Devon,...

  • 科学家疑似发现新种虎鲸

    10-04-23 In a report published today in the journal Genome Research, scientists report finding strong genetic evidence supporting the theory there are several species of killer whales(虎鲸) (Orcinus orca, also known as orcas) throughout the world's oceans....

  • 生态学家成功训练袋鼬放弃捕食蔗蟾

    10-04-14 Ecologists in Australia have successfully trained a critically endangered marsupial(有袋类动物) the northern quoll(袋鼬) to turn its nose up at toxic cane toads(蔗蟾) . Their results, including fascinating(迷人的,吸引人的) behavioural video...

  • 梁龙头骨随着成长而发生形变

    10-04-02 The Yankee and the King Sold as Slaves WELL, what had I better do? Nothing in a hurry, sure. I must get up a diversion(转移,消遣) ; anything to employ me while I could think, and while these poor fellows could have a chance to come to life(苏醒...