化石记录显示，已经有许多物种存活了数百万年——那么我们为什么不能呢？
The fossil record shows that many species have endured for millions of years—so why shouldn't we?
许多物种似乎在数百万年的化石记录中都保持不变——而这种情况似乎与达尔文的持续变化模型不一致。
Many species appear to remain unchanged in the fossil record for millions of years—a situation that seems to be at odds with Darwin's model of continuous change.
由于引入了非本地的捕食者和病原体，已经有许多本土物种灭绝的记录，证据确凿。
There have been numerous well-documented extinctions of indigenous species caused by the introduction of non-indigenous predators and pathogens.
地质记录中的其他几次大规模物种灭绝也被认为影响重大，但没有哪一次像白垩纪大灭绝那样夸张。
Several other mass extinctions in the geological record have been tentatively identified with large impacts, but none is so dramatic as the Cretaceous event.
这些物种的全球数量、濒危情况、栖息地状况以及已采取了何种措施对其进行保护的相关细节不同时期都有记录。
Their global numbers were duly recorded along with their degree of endangerment, the state of their habitats and details of measures being taken to protect each species.
甚至一些马达加斯加当地的物种并没有留下任何记录，估计还没有来得及被研究就已经灭绝了。
Some of Madagascar's endemic species have never even been recorded, and will likely be lost before they can be studied.
中国在保护其珍惜物种方面有着令人失望的记录。
China's record of protecting its rare species has been desultory.
通过观察这一时期——红海形成之前——的化石记录，我们就能更清楚地知道哪些物种在这次大迁徙中活了下来，哪些没有。
By looking at the fossil record from that period of time - before the Red Sea was formed - we can gain a clearer view of which species survived this great migration and which did not.
来自加州大学伯克利分校的勒吉恩。沃甘，是缅甸探险队的会员，他解释道，稀有物种是用拍照的方式或者是“照片凭证”加地方数据记录的方式来替代。
Guin Wogan from the University of California, Berkeley, a member of the Burma expedition, explains that rare species are photographed or "photo vouchered" and locality data recorded instead.
一些环保机构对澳大利亚在保护濒危物种方面的不良记录进行了指责。
Some environmental groups are criticizing Australia for its poor record on caring for endangered species.
化石记录向人们出示了已灭绝物种存在过的证据。
The fossil record showed evidence of life forms that no longer existed.
在前往海南打击海盗的军事航行中，史温侯抽时间做了更深入的研究，他发现了19种没有记录的新物种。
On a naval expedition to Hainan to hunt out pirates, Swinhoe found time to head into the interior, discovering 19 unrecorded species.
“化石记录将揭示植物和动物物种的大范围灭绝，以及物种入侵的范围——人类在全球范围内散布动植物的方式，”匝拉斯·维奇如是说。
"The fossil record will reveal a massive loss of plant and animal species, and also the scale of invasive species - how we've distributed animals and plants across the globe," Zalasiewicz says.
斯蒂门记录有另一种对有毒的多氯联苯和多环芳烃有抵抗作用海岸物种，那是一种鳉鱼。
Stegeman has been chronicling resistance to toxic PCBs and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in another coastal species, a killifish.
这种龙鱼是海洋生物普查（十年计划，已接近完成）记录的数千个物种之一。
The fish is one of thousands of species documented by the Census of Marine Life, a ten-year project that is nearing completion.
玻利尼西亚、密克罗尼西亚和美拉尼西亚的生态系统急需有效的保护政策，否则该地区已有的物种灭绝不良记录将严重恶化。
Ecosystems in Polynesia, Micronesia and Melanesia need urgent and effective conservation policies, or the region's already poor record on extinctions will worsen significantly.
迄今为止，已经记录了600多种入侵物种，几乎占地中海海洋生物总数的5%。
So far, more than 600 invasive species have been counted, almost 5 per cent of the total Marine creatures in the Mediterranean.
旅游：热衷观鸟的人参与观鸟节、聚会，到著名的观鸟景点旅游，只为了在他们的观鸟名单上增加新的物种记录。
Travel: Enthusiastic birders will travel to festivals, conferences and superior birding destinations to keep adding new species to their life lists.
看着可怜的枯萎植物，Tilman和他的小组发现含有约20个物种的试验田与其正常时一年记录相比有一半生物活质，或者说生物质。
In looking at the pathetic, shriveled plants, Tilman and his team found that plots with 20 or so species had about half the living matter, or biomass, recorded in the same plots in a normal year.
我们有一个在我们自己的星球上与其他物种和谐相处的极好的过往记录。
We have an awful track record of living in harmony with the other species' on our own planet. Remember "District 9"'s "Prawns, " poor guys.
科学家们在南非海域记录了11130个物种，预计至少还有6000多种尚待发现。
Scientists have cataloged 11, 130 species in South African waters and expect there are at least 6, 000 more to find.
到了二十世纪九十年代中期，与七十年代的记录相比，全世界90%的犀牛都已销声匿迹，而且所有5种主要的犀牛物种要么是濒临灭绝，要么就是濒临危险。
By the mid-1990s, 90% of the world's rhinos had disappeared, compared with the 1970 tally, and all of the five main rhino species were either threatened with extinction or endangered.
在南非勘察某自然保护区的一个科学家小组，发现了以前从未有记录的十八个无脊椎动物物种，其中包括有蜘蛛、蜗牛、千足虫、蚯蚓以及蜈蚣。
Scientists surveying a nature reserve in South Africa have discovered 18 previously unrecorded species of invertebrates, including spiders, snails, millipedes, earthworms and centipedes.
据世界上最全面的动植物名录显示，科学家已记录在册的地球物种已增加到190万种。
The number of species on the planet that have been documented by scientists has risen to 1.9 million, according to the world's most comprehensive catalogue of plants and animals.
由于要进化成三个不同的物种需要特别漫长的时间，结合在非洲没有发现有关化石的记录，考古队得出结论，亚洲是该物种最有可能的起源地。
As the evolution into three species would have taken extreme lengths of time, combined with the lack of fossil records in Africa, the team concludes that Asia was the most likely origin.
数据库中对应的条目将记录下来源地、物种、尺寸和原木的目的地。
A corresponding entry in a database will record the origin, species, size and destination of the log in question.
尽管这一物种发现于2005年，但马歇尔本周发表的论文才算将它正式记录在册。
Though he found the specimen in 2005, his paper on the discovery, published this week, puts the find formally on record.
尽管这一物种发现于2005年，但马歇尔本周发表的论文才算将它正式记录在册。
Though he found the specimen in 2005, his paper on the discovery, published this week, puts the find formally on record.
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