国家地理-2008-08-11 特立尼达岛上的独特鸟类

Dawn on the tropical island of Trinidad. Birds are arousing in the trees, calling, flashing brilliant colors amidst the endless shades of green, and Roger Neckles is arousing too. For the last decade, he has been documenting the island's winged inha

国家地理-2008-08-16 火烈鸟与狒狒

This is East Africa, the Great Rift Valley, a land in constant upheaval. The flamingos and baboons here at Lake Bogoria live in harmony. They share this landscape and all it has to offer. They may not be compatible. But in the midst of Bogoria's bou

国家地理-2008-08-18 退田护河

Transcript by myconsent (special thanks to fionainnicemood) Out of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northwest Georgia, the cold waters of the Conasauga River descend toward Tennessee. Flowing back and forth across the state line, the River's abundant wil

国家地理-2008-08-21 鸵鸟蛋·豺狼·秃鹰

Here we are on the Serengeti Plain in Africa, where an ostrich has abandoned an egg and a hungry jackal means to make a meal out of it. What weve got here is a highly motivated animal trying and failing to figure out this culinary conundrum. Its jus

国家地理-2008-08-23 沼泽国家公园

The Florida Everglades are home to alligators, dozens of bird species, beautiful flowers and exotic plants. It's easy to see what attracts people to these places. But Florida's population growth, coupled with farms that require a never-ending supply

国家地理-2008-08-25 南极生存大作战

In Antarctica, everyday is (an) Olympic one. These Emperor Penguins are near the end of a two-week fishing marathon, bringing food for their hungry chicks, waiting miles away. But a challenger threatens the entire competition. A Leopard Seal waits a

国家地理-2008-08-02 阿尔卑斯山见证气候变化危机

Its time for these men to get ready for work, and work means hanging off a cliff at 10,000 feet. High in the Austrian Alps, these men are trying to rescue a historic weather station from the weather itself. It was a couple of years ago, we saw this

国家地理-2008-08-28 盂兰盆节的“醉汉舞”

Celebrations in honour of the dead take place in July and August in Japan. Prayers are set and graves are tended during the festival of O-Bon. In Tokushima city around 100 thousand costumed people dance in the streets. This is an incredible scale, t

国家地理-2008-08-30 残疾乌龟重获自由

Arava, the disabled tortoise is using her new set of wheels to get around in more ways than one. Keepers at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo say the 10-year-old Spurred Tortoise was fitted with custom wheels to overcome paralysis of her hind legs. The 55-

国家地理-2008-10-23 沙尘暴袭击巴格达

A heavy sandstorm blanketed Baghdad on Thursday, causing havoc for residents of the Iraqi capital with flights delayed and dozens of residents with respiratory problems taken to hospitals. Many people on the streets of Baghdad wore scarves or masks

国家地理-2008-10-09 穆斯林斋戒后容易暴食

During the holiest Islamic month of Ramadan , only two meals are served-- Suhur and Iftar. Suhur is the meal eaten before dawn and Iftar is eaten after sunset. These consist of mostly fatty and protein-rich foods as seen in this Tehran marketplace,

国家地理-2008-10-11 世上最大的宝塔拱顶

Transcript (by myconsent, for reference only) An architectural marvel, the center of the Golden Global Pagoda in Bijapur India contains the worlds largest stone dome, built without any supporting pillars. The planned height of the structure is more

国家地理-2008-10-13 纳米比亚的野生世界

From the air, Namibia looks almost uninhabited . Boom towns near depleted diamond mines lie abandoned. Shipwrecks dock the beaches of the skeleton coast. Salt pans, the largest in Africa , reflect sterile white light. 1,200 feet high sand dunes cres

国家地理-2008-10-16 巴比伦古城遗址损坏严重

Transcript --by myconsent (for reference only) For more than one thousand years, Babylon was one of the worlds most celebrated cities, where King Nebuchadnezzar II is believed to have built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon , one of The Seven Wonders o

国家地理-2008-10-18 “大象营地”回归自然

It's not an easy life for an elephant on Bangkok's busy streets. According to the Associated Press, an elephant in the city must earn about 1,000 US dollars a month to feed itself and make a living for its handler. Using an elephant on the streets t

国家地理-2008-10-06 澳洲海域发现新物种

Transcript (by myconsent, for reference only) Scientists on Thursday released results of a landmark study to record the diversity of life in and around Australia s reefs. The scientists from the Census of Marine Life have reported finding hundreds o

国家地理-2008-10-20 墨西哥湖泊与生命的启示

Transcript by myconsent (for reference only) The small town of Cuatro Cienegas in northern Mexico is an oasis ( 绿洲 ) in the Chihuahuan desert. It s a valley that holds an example of what some believe is the one of the first human footprints in the

国家地理-2008-10-25 温室效应帮上忙？

Transcript (by myconsent) --for reference only Climate change is normally bad news for endangered species, but in the case of Australia s Grey Nurse Shark, some scientists suggest it might actually help their fight for survival. The Grey Nurse Shark

2008-10-30 梵蒂冈拥抱太阳能

The first solar panels have been installed on top of the Papal Audience Hall at Vatican City. Each heavy panel holds photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight into electricity. With this plant, if its working in about two weeks, we avoid 200 tons of

2008-11-01 猛犸山

Every day people come to soak in Hot Creek, a place to rest, created by geologic unrest. Sudden geyser eruptions, driven by heat from magma below the Earth surface, can change water temperatures so fast that going into the water is not recommended.