The cormorant gives up for now. The bird has been foiled by the clarity of the water, the very thing that enables the manatee to thrive. The light through these waters helps plants flourish, and manatees are strict vegetarians. They can eat a hundred

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As the sun goes down every evening in northern Australia, millions of dark, huge, winged creatures dominate the skies. They're an imposing sight, but these black flying foxes are just big harmless bats, the biggest in the world. Their wingspan can re

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Irene Osceola was waiting for the Aldens when they pulled into the Miccosukee Village the next morning. The canoe ramp is this way, she said. Today she wore jeans, a long-sleeved T-shirt, and sneakers. Its good you all wore pants and long sleeves, sh

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The airboat roared like a low-flying plane, whizzing across the sawgrass. It was such a strange boat, Violet thought, as the wind whipped her ponytails straight out behind her. Mr. Osceola sat perched on a high seat, operating the controls just in fr

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VOICE ONE: This is SCIENCE IN THE NEWS, in VOA Special English. I'm Faith Lapidus. VOICE TWO: And I'm Doug Johnson. This week, we tell about Everglades National Park in the American state of Florida. We also tell about an effort to improve the condi

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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 23 November 2006 The Nigerian military faces a huge task in checking the growing violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta, a remote region of mangrove swamps. Inadequate funding is also being blamed for undermining the capacity

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Coastal Trees Help Fight Global Warming A new study says the world's tropical coastal forests store more planet-warming carbon dioxide than almost any other ecosystem. But rapid loss of these forests - known as mangroves - is releasing substantial an

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By Ron Corben Bangkok 20 October 2009 Bang Khun Thien's Bamboo sea wall serves as protection from the sea, Gulf of Thailand, Thailand, 20 Oct 2009 Along Thailand's coast efforts are under way to reclaim lost mangrove swamps that have been destroyed

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All of this food makes the mangrove a great place for fish. Small residents as well as youngsters that will one day move out to the barrier reef. Reef species like these rabbit fish may look big, but they are still only 1/3 of their adult size. These

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For centuries, the winds of the Indian Ocean have brought explorers and merchants to the island of Zanzibar. Through rough seas and monsoon weather, one ship has sustained trade and travel, the Dhow. At 150 feet, this is the biggest Dhow constructed

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Section 2: And so this is how we work. I let the imaginations of my students run wild. And my job is to try to collect the best of each kid's idea and try to combine it into something that hopefully would work. What was really cool about this proje

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By Katy Migiro Nairobi 07 May 2007 Rescue teams in Cameroon resumed work at the site of the crashed Kenya Airways flight at daybreak. The plane crashed early Saturday after take-off from Doula airport in Cameroon and was found late Sunday in a mangro

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亚热带生态系统Sub-tropicalecosystems 温带森林Temperateforests 温带林地Temperatewoodlands 树木Trees 热带生态系统Tropicalecosystems 热带森林Tropicalforests 热带森林生态系统

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By Cindy Saine Capitol Hill 16 October 2009 Rotting carcass of camel that recently died because of Somalia's relentless drought Some U.S. senators are calling for bipartisan action in Congress on climate change, ahead of the United Nations Climate C

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: A tide of plastic waste is contaminating the oceans. And in a congressional hearing, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse named major culprits. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) SHELDON WHITEHOUSE: Over 50 percent of the plastic waste in t

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Miss G: Now, a story about Africa, I think. The last remains of First Mate. Mr Riley I believe his name was. He died in a mandrake swamp on the way to the Congo French. Rosie: Poor Mr Riley. Miss G: We were touring in a steamer, but he wanted to take

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