Blizzardcam nearly met its match with the most playful bear it's ever encountered. The bear wanted to know how it worked. Blizzardcam deployed snowballcam as a decoy. This was the polar bears' favorite spy camera and this young male was no exception.

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(62) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

The mother and cub are thrown a lifeline by a change in the weather and ocean currents. It is a huge swim out to the ice floes for the little cub. He finally makes it to the ice, nine months after he was born. His mother has triumphed against the odd

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(92) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

Finally she leaves him some scraps to chew on. A young male arrives, a dangerous situation for the cub. She growls a warning. Its not enough. The cub slips. The mother must get her cub away from danger as quickly as possible. They head north. She kno

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(55) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

Calcium from the bones will help the mother's milk supply, but the cub needs meat to survive. Now they have another problem. Other bears can't be trusted with small cubs. But fortunately they seem more interested in what lies beneath the surface. It

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(73) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

At last, there is hope. They have finally reached the pack-ice that forms the polar icecap. Its the ultimate hunting habitat for polar bears. The icecap stretches all the way to the North Pole. Seals are found wherever it meets the sea. Its been a lo

发表于:2018-12-03 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

Time for kick off. It's polar bear football. Their ball control needs practice. But they are experts at dribbling. The game descends into argument. The spycams return to the benches, the bears may be play-fighting, but things still get out of hand. M

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

This is a high-risk strategy. Like the male at the whale carcass, some bears don't do sharing. She stands up to make herself look bigger. The cub copies. Luckily, this bear has no appetite for a fight. There is a feeding etiquette around a seal carca

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(61) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

Back on Svalbard, it's high summer. Barnacle geese that had overwintered in Scotland have started to breed. Their calls bring hope to hungry bears. The cub stays back as his mother explores the possibilities. Bears have only recently discovered this

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

Every hunt presents a different challenge, so he plans a new strategy each time. He slinks into the water, using a channel between the ice floes to act as cover. He swims, hardly making a sound, reaching six miles per hour at times. His front legs pr

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(40) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

Its seaweed. Kelp is not wildly exciting, but it does contain carbohydrates and some protein too. The cub must find acrobatics rather strange. Hungry bears eat virtually anything. Its a question of making the most of whats around, and its never too s

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(57) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

By Cindy Saine Washington 14 February 2008 The Defense Department says it is planning to shoot down a defunct U.S. spy satellite before it is expected to hit the Earth in early March, because of potential danger to human beings from its unburned rock

发表于:2019-01-09 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA常速英语2008年(二月)

By David Gollust State Department 30 May 2007 The U.S. State Department says it is looking into reports that a fourth Iranian-American visiting Iran may be under detention. The White House said spy charges filed against three U.S. citizens by Tehran

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(74) / 评论(0) 分类 2007年VOA标准英语(五月)

Oldman Hopes to Overcome Typecasting with 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' In 30 years of making films, British-born Gary Oldman has won acclaim from critics and audiences, but he has never been nominated for Hollywood's top awards. That could change w

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(65) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2011年(十二月)

Angelina Jolie stars in a new fast-paced espionage thriller about a top CIA operative accused of being a 'mole' - a Russian agent planted in America's intelligence network. Here's a look at the action-drama Salt. Do you think everyone is who they say

发表于:2019-01-13 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2010年(七)月

MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: In the new movie Red Sparrow, a CIA officer walks alone in Gorky Park in Moscow. There's a handoff, a brush pass in the darkness with a Russian agent. Then all goes wrong - police lights, gunshots. The CIA officer has to run

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(54) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台3月

NOEL KING, HOST: The CIA does not often speak publicly, which makes sense. It's the CIA. But when it comes to recruiting, the agency can't seem to stop talking. NPR's Greg Myre went to CIA headquarters and brought back this story. GREG MYRE, BYLINE:

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(79) / 评论(0) 分类 2018年NPR美国国家公共电台3月

ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The British actor Roger Moore has died after a short battle with cancer. He was 89 years old. Moore was the dapper star of TV's The Saint. He went on to become the longest serving of the many actors who have played James Bond. By s

发表于:2019-01-17 / 阅读(72) / 评论(0) 分类 2017年NPR美国国家公共电台5月

The islands of Svalbard in Arctic Norway. They might be remote, but they are under surveillance. Spy cameras are capturing the most intimate images ever taken of polar bears. They're revealing some remarkable behavior and discovering an animal of sur

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

She blinks in the sunlight. She spent her confinement in semi-darkness. She checks that the coast is clear and then reveals her secrets. Time for a stretch. She's been cooped up with her cubs since she gave birth three months ago. They learn by examp

发表于:2019-01-22 / 阅读(59) / 评论(0) 分类 自然百科2010年

Pakistani officials are denying reports that the country's intelligence service helped plan last month's fatal bombing of the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan. Reports to that effect in U.S. newspapers come just a day before the first ever meeting betw

发表于:2019-02-12 / 阅读(42) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA标准英语2008年(八月)