Wildlife Officials Find Evidence of Rare Australian Bird

Indigenous wildlife officials in Australia have found new evidence of one of the countrys rarest and most mysterious birds. It is called the night parrot. The bird was thought to be extinct until a sighting in 2013. There have been very few sightings

12 New Members Join US Women's Hall of Fame

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Researchers have discovered an almost universal word. Huh? You say? Even if you are not a native speaker of English, you probably dont need a translation for Huh? It appears that the word, or a very similar form of it, is used in most of the language

世界节假日博览 第87期:国际爵士日

International Jazz Day is usually celebrated each year on May 23. It is one day of the year when people around the world can celebrate this great music form. Jazz started in the USA and is America's only indigenous art form. Music lovers and musician

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International Jazz Day is usually celebrated each year on May 23. It is one day of the year when people around the world can celebrate this great music form. Jazz started in the USA and is America's only indigenous art form. Music lovers and musician

英语课程计划-Columbus Day

Columbus Day is a special holiday all across the Americas. Countries in North, Central and South America celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas on October the 12th, 1492. In the United States, the day is called Co

Cambodian Native Groups Fight Loss of Land to Dam Project

Cambodian groups are asking the government to stop the controlled flooding of their villages as a hydroelectric dam goes into operation. The floodgates of the Lower Se San 2 hydropower dam are being closed and water levels are rising in Stung Treng p

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Animals at Risk from Increased Arctic Shipping The polar bear may be the animal most often identified with climate change, but it is far from the only creature at risk from rising temperatures. The northernmost part of Earth is warming two to three t

TED演讲 :世人不知的亚马逊人智慧(1)

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英语听力：自然百科 古罗马帝国的“宝石”

Archeologists are hoping to attract tourists to one of the jewels of the Roman Empire. Viminacium was the most important city in the Roman province of Upper Moesia. The city was located in what is today, Serbia. It's believed the Romans first conquer

英语听力：自然百科 仙人掌 peyote

Outsiders call it peyote. The Huichol, an indigenous tribe in western Mexico, call it hikuri, and they teach their children to use it. While most societies outlaw this consciousness-altering drug, Mexico permits the tribe to use it as the central exp

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Aboriginal Cricketer

BBC Learning English6 Minute EnglishAboriginal Cricketer6 Minute English ? Yvonne: Hello - this is '6 minute English' and I'm Yvonne Archer. And with me today isthe lovely William Kremer. Hello William! William: Oh hello Yvonne! Yvonne: Today a spor

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PBS高端访谈:加拿大政府向土著人民拨款6亿美元

Last month at the United Nations General Assembly, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to do more to help his country's 1.4 million indigenous people. He said there needed to be an effort to, quote, correct past injustices and bring about

Australia to lose 45 species in 20 years: study

CANBERRA, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Up to 45 native species in Western Australia's Kimberley region will die out within 20 years if no action is taken, latest study showed on Wednesday. The Priority Threat Management to Protect Kimberley Wildlife report,

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