• 亚马逊一半多的树种全球濒危

    15-11-23 More than half of all tree species in the world's most diverse forest--the Amazon--may be globally threatened, according to a new study. But the study also suggests that Amazonian parks, reserves, and indigenous territories, if properly managed, wil...

  • Burmese Days 缅甸岁月 Chapter 14

    15-11-12 Like long curved needles threading through embroidery, the two canoes that carried Flory and Elizabeth threaded their way up the creek that led inland from the eastern bank of the Irrawaddy. It was the day of the shooting trip--a short afternoon tri...

  • 占地10英亩220岁高龄的苹果树

    15-09-30 The city of Krolevets, in Ukraine's Sumy region, is home to the world's most unique apple garden, consisting of only one tree. Spanning 10 acres, the 220-year-old tree - known as 'apple tree colony' - has dozens of individually rooted trunks that co...

  • 230万物种的“生命之树”初稿完成

    15-09-21 A first draft of the tree of life for the roughly 2.3 million named species of animals, plants, fungi and microbes has been released, and two University of Michigan biologists played a key role in its creation. A collaborative effort among 11 instit...

  • This Company is Like A Tree Full Of Monkeys

    15-09-14 This company is like a tree full of monkeys: all on different branches, at different levels. Some monkeys are climbing up, some down. The monkeys on top look down and see a tree full of smiling faces. The monkeys on the bottom look up and see nothin...

  • 井中捞月

    15-08-27 A long time ago, there was a Bo Luo Nai City in the State of Jia Shi. Outside the city was a large forest, where 500 macaques lived. One night the 500 macaques wandered around and came to a ni ju lu (bodhi) tree. Under the tree was a deep ancient we...

  • 佝偻捕蝉

    15-06-04 One day, Confucius led his disciples to the State of Chu. When crossing a stretch of forest, they saw a hunchbacked old man standing under a tree, catching cicadas with a bamboo stick. With each stroke he caught one cicada, just as easily as picking...

  • The fir-tree and the bramble 冷杉和荆棘

    15-03-30 A fir-tree was boasting to a bramble, and said, somewhat contemptuously, You poor creature, you are of no use whatever. Now, look at me: I am useful for all sorts of things, particularly when men build houses; they can't do without me then. But the...

  • Story

    15-02-25 Story Frances Leviston Under what tree, in what part of the forest, beside which branch of the leaf-obstructed stream, in sun or in rain, concreted into what foundation, supporting whose house, deaf to how many dinner parties, subjected to how many...

  • 地球最早的灵长类生活在树上

    15-01-21 Earth's earliest primates have taken a step up in the world, now that researchers have gotten a good look at their ankles. A new study has found that Purgatorius, a small mammal that lived on a diet of fruit and insects, was a tree dweller. Paleonto...