大熊猫的天然栖息地是竹林。
为挽救余下的兽群及其栖息地，国家公园管理部门正计划杀掉2000头大象。
To save remaining herds and habitat, the national parks department is planning to cull 2000 elephants.
它们生活在各种各样的栖息地。
它离企鹅和鲸鱼的栖息地太近了。
It was carried out too close to the habitats of penguins and whales.
地中海是魔鬼鱼的天然栖息地。
它剥夺了企鹅和鲸鱼的栖息地。
同样，岛上其他栖息地的专家也很相似。
Likewise, the specialists for other habitats are similar across the islands.
栖息地的选择似乎会影响繁殖的成功率。
可以说金星是比地球更舒适的生命栖息地。
它们最喜欢的栖息地是靠近溪流边缘的森林。
Their preferred habitat is forests near the edge of streams.
一旦灌木覆盖了一切，你就失去了草地的栖息地。
全球变暖预计会使这种树的栖息地显著减少或消失。
Global warming is expected to significantly reduce or eliminate this tree's habitat.
促进生态旅游是帮助拯救它们栖息地的另一种方式。
Promoting ecological tourism is another way to help save their habitat.
由于森林栖息地的破碎化，美国的负鼠数量正在下降。
Opossum populations in the U.S. are down due to the fragmentation of their forest habitats.
新的关注点可能是拆除现有的水坝，并恢复自然栖息地。
The new focus may be on removing existing dams and restoring natural habitats.
这些新的特性为种子迁移到新的栖息地提供了更好的途径。
These new characteristics offered better ways for the seed to move to new habitats.
老虎栖息地所在的国家目前正在讨论禁止捕猎老虎的联合立法。
The countries in which the tigers' habitats are located are currently debating joint legislation that would ban tiger hunting.
当然，有些动物物种需要大面积的栖息地，有些则需要长途迁徙。
There are, of course, animal species that require large areas of habitat, and some migrate over very long distances.
如果种子落在了合适的栖息地，它们就会生长得很好并进行繁殖。
If the seeds land in a suitable habitat, they do well and reproduce.
对于无法放归自然栖息地的野生动物来说，动物园是最好的选择。
For wild animals that cannot be returned to their natural habitats, zoos offer the best alternative.
尽管蜥蜴可能对栖息地有要求，它对幼仔的健康却完全漠不关心。
Although the lizard may stake a claim to its habitat, it exerts total indifference toward the well-being of its young.
但现在，如果动物在两个合适的栖息地之间表现出明确的选择呢？
But now, what about cases where an animal exhibits a clear choice between two suitable habitats?
它们阻止了鱼类迁徙，并改变了对本地物种至关重要的水生栖息地。
They prevent fish migrations and change aquatic habitats essential for native species.
人们提出的理论是，它们是从附近已经生活过的栖息地迁移过来的。
The theory that has been suggested is that they migrated in from nearby habitats where they were already living.
在规划、开发和改造我们的栖息地的过程中，我们造成了无数的灾难。
In engineering and exploiting and transforming our habitats, we have opened tens of thousands of Pandora's boxes.
更糟糕的是，这是佛罗里达豹的唯一栖息地，野生的数量不足100只。
Worse, this is the sole habitat of the Florida panther, and there are less than 100 of the creatures left in the wild.
通过主动选择栖息地，生物体能够在生理意义上选择生存和繁殖的地方。
With active habitat selection, an organism is able to physically select where to live and breed.
上次我们讨论了被动的栖息地选择，比如植物，它们不会主动选择在哪里生长。
Last time we talked about passive habitat selection, like plants for example, they don't make active choices about where to grow.
例如，海星捕食各种双壳类软体动物，防止这些双壳类动物独占海底的栖息地。
For example, sea stars prey on a variety of bivalve mollusks and prevent these bivalves from monopolizing habitats on the sea floor.
有证据表明，人类的捕猎和栖息地的破坏可能是导致当前物种大量灭绝的原因。
Evidence points to hunting by humans and habitat destruction as the likely causes for the current mass extinction.
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