加拿大科学家发现了一个令人担忧的新例子,证明鸟类具有四处传播东西的力量。
Canadian scientists have found a worrisome, new example of the power that birds have to spread stuff around.
为什么新的风车不会杀死鸟类?
他发现在这类情况下,鸟类就会朝向新的“太阳”。
He found that under these circumstances, the birds oriented with respect to the new "Sun".
当这种情况发生时,许多树,如核桃树、橡树和松树,完全依靠所谓的“分散贮藏者”,如鸟类,将它们的种子转移到新的地方。
When that happens, many trees like walnuts, oaks and pines, rely exclusively on so-called "scatter hoarders", such as birds, to move their seeds to new localities.
Sherwin最近对家养母鸡的实验并不支持这样一种观点,即鸟类的社会学习必然会促使它们对有害或有毒的新食物产生反感。
Sherwin's recent experiments with domestic hens do not support the notion that avian social learning necessarily facilitates aversion to novel foods that are noxious or toxic.
这一发现有助于巩固恐龙和鸟类之间的联系,但它也为自然界最初为什么会产生羽毛这一谜题提供了新的线索。
The find helps cement the dinosaur-bird connection, but it also casts new light on the mystery of why nature invented feathers in the first place.
这些树木成为新的野生动物如鸟类的家园,并且为更多的动物提供食物。
The trees become home to new wildlife, such as birds, and provide food for more animals.
以H5N1为例,尽管过去几年里开发了有助于降低人和鸟类致病风险的新疫苗,但有些地方却缺乏预防接种的能力。
In the case of H5N1, new vaccines developed in the last few years for both humans and birds may help to reduce risks, but local capabilities to vaccinate people are often lacking.
鸟的羽毛不会永远光洁如新,鸟类必须周期性的进行换羽,长出新的羽毛。
Feathers don't last forever. So birds periodically shed their plumage and then sprout replacements.
这里还在不断发现新的物种:植物、鸟类、变色蜥蜴和乌龟,我们可能还不太了解这些物种,但它们可能将濒临灭绝。
There are still new species being discovered: plants, birds, chameleons, lemurs, tortoises that we might not yet know about, that could be on the brink of extinction.
当公众集中把风力涡轮机作为鸟类的威胁时,新研究表明,一种较为熟悉的敌手——宠物家猫可能会给鸟类造成更为巨大的威胁。
While public attention has focused on wind turbines as a menace to birds, a new study shows that a far greater threat may be posed by a more familiar antagonist: the pet house cat.
其次,他们往往在消化食物的同时会向前前行,不像鸟类和龙虾,这两个被认为在新的一年是不吉利的食物。
Secondly, they tend to move forward when scavenging for food, unlike birds and lobsters, both of which are considered unlucky to eat on New Year's Day.
虽然亚瑟没有建造出一套管道和滑轮的机械森林,解释为什么鸟类要在秋天南飞,但是,他对于什么是“硬线连接”,赋予了新的涵义。
And while Arthur didn't build his forest of pipes and pulleys to explain why birds fly south in the fall, he's given new meaning to the term "hard - wired".
鸟类中的情况继续在演变,正在调查该国新的地区发生的若干新的暴发。
The situation in birds continues to evolve, with several new outbreaks under investigation in new parts of the country.
观鸟者观察各种新的物种,从中他们不止能认识不同的鸟种,还能学到关于迁徙、鸟类行为学、食性、求爱还有鸟类领地的知识。
As birders observe new species, they not only learn about different birds, but they also learn about migration, bird behavior, feed preferences, courtship and bird territories.
这项研究确认了一些长期存在的民间传闻,即北美一种最常见的鸟类具有敏锐的能力。该研究同时也可能为这些野生动物如何对付一起生活的人类提供新的见解。
The study confirms some long-standing folklore about the acuity of one of North America's most familiar birds-and offers new insight into how some wild animals may cope with living alongside people.
新的仪器能够使生物学家辨别出鸟类、昆虫和蝙蝠的身体部分还有一些目前所不能区分的东西。
The new equipment may allow biologists to tell birds, insects, and bats apart, something they can't do right now.
自2006年2月初以来,高致病性H5N1禽流感病毒的传播已影响到非洲、亚洲、欧洲和中东17个新的国家的野生鸟类或家禽。
Since the beginning of February 2006, the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus has spread to affect wild or domestic birds in 17 new countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
得益于互联网,非洲人将得享地图的新魅力,而中国珍禽观察者人数激增,他们将沉醉于观察鸟类。
Africans will enjoy a new fascination with maps, thanks to the Internet, while soaring Numbers of twitchers in China will indulge in a new fascination with birds.
每个季度都要制造新的流感疫苗是因为流感病毒会不断地变化从而逃避宿主(无论是人类、鸟类还是其他动物)免疫防线的攻击。
New flu vaccines need to be made each season because the viruses are constantly changing so as to avoid attack by host immune defences - whether in birds, humans or other animals.
根据威特莫尔教授的话,尽力地去确定最早的鸟类还没有得到半点的确认,但新的发现能飞速地改变前景。
According to Prof Witmer, little is certain in trying to determine the earliest bird and new findings can rapidly change perspectives.
一项新的研究发现鸟类的筑巢本领是后天学来的,不是先天本能。
A new study has found birds learn the art of nest-building, rather than it being just an instinctive skill.
今年万圣节好多朋友们都要准备穿羽毛装了——新调查揭示,鸟类将是今年最受欢迎的万圣节装扮。
Many of our friends look set to be dressing in feathers this Halloween, as new research has revealed that the most popular Halloween costumes this year will be of the avian variety.
这些来自6个国家的29位鸟类学家研究了7年后,提出了一套新的、更准确的鸟类和哺乳动物大脑各种组织结构的名称。
The consortium of 29 scientists from six countries met for seven years to develop new, more accurate names for structures in both avian and mammalian brains.
新闻:新的恐龙对鸟类与恐龙的联系提供了支持。
据新的研究发现,在8300万年前的恐龙时代生活着一种巨大的史前鸟类,这种鸟外形可能颇似一只非常大的鸵鸟。
An enormous prehistoric bird, which might have resembled a very big ostrich, lived alongside dinosaurs around 83 million years ago, according to new research.
与鸟类有密切接触的人类和其它动物可能被感染,禽流感病毒开始适应新的宿主,病毒微小的变异慢慢累积,这个过程持续多年。
Humans and other animals in close contact with the birds may be infected, and the virus begins to adapt to new host animals, a process that may take years as small changes accumulate.
与鸟类有密切接触的人类和其它动物可能被感染,禽流感病毒开始适应新的宿主,病毒微小的变异慢慢累积,这个过程持续多年。
Humans and other animals in close contact with the birds may be infected, and the virus begins to adapt to new host animals, a process that may take years as small changes accumulate.
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