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It was becoming clear how the brave and expert thieves pulled off the world's biggest gem robbery. From a flight of stairs in the diamond center car park, they used a stolen key to open the door leading to the vault, and there they somehow managed to
自然百科2013年
The research team have been out since dawn looking for Puck. It's now the height of the shark season, Semu, who's been born at the worst time. We've been waiting for Puck to have a calf, and now finally she's finally here, we're all too so relieved t
自然百科2013年
Death just isn't what it used to be. Once a month, followers attend mass at the Santa Muerte Shrine and pray to the so-called Death Saint, often depicted as a skeleton dressed in a black cloak and carrying a scythe, or in a long flowing white gown. S
自然百科2016年
Animal Conservationists in Australia expressed concern on Tuesday that a lost humpback whalecalf separated from its mother could die within days, unless it finds its own mother or another mother to adopt it. The calf believed to be one or two months
自然百科2016年
In Australia, its not just livestock hit hard by draught, but the next generation of farmers. At 24, Robert Watt, a farmer from Alectown, a region of Australia, has had seven seasons on the farm, but not one year of profit. He says the draught, plus
自然百科2016年
Visitors at Egypt's Giza Pyramids on Saturday got a rare opportunity. They were able to catch a glimpse inside an underground chamber, just south of the Great Pyramid containing the pieces of an ancient funerary boat which many believed was intended
自然百科2016年
If people don't notice the altered shape of the mountain, or the drop in sea level,they must feel the ground beneath their feet begin to shift. But according to contemporary Roman accounts, Pompeii is used to earth tremors. It's part of everyday life
自然百科2015年
So this is how it begins. The 17 years between the earthquake and the final eruption are, on a geological scale, just a blink of an eye. But in the world in which the Romans live, a natural disaster is the action of an angry god. So instead of heedin
自然百科2015年
For generations, its been called Americas national pastime. Baseball has come to be seen as a defining part of the American culture, an enduring tie born from a diverse and sprawling young country. But the big business and athletic heroes that charac
自然百科2010年
What is love? And can it potentially throw our senses out of balance? New advances in medical technology mean even the mysteries of love are becoming less mystical and more mechanical. Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (FMRI) is a procedure that
自然百科2009年
When spring is no longer far away, the stags offer a curious spectacle. The greater the dignity, the funnier its loss. But even the loser seems to bear it with humour. The younger stags will soon look funny, too. And theres another piece of comfort.
自然百科2009年
Sometimes a defeat can really be a victory. Let's begin with this puffer fish, minding its own business in this calm river delta in Tanzania, Africa. Entered the predator, in this case, our river otter, cousins of the Yellowstone sliders. Its trying
自然百科2009年
If you are a Magellanic penguin, this ten-mile stretch of Argentine beach is where the action is--a place to scout about a new partner(物色新伴侣), conduct a courtship and settle down to raise the youngsters. National Geographic Grantee Dee Berg
自然百科2009年
Its nestled in the tropical landscape of north Queensland, the Tolga Bat Hospital. Here volunteers hand-raise up to 500 baby spectacled flying foxes each year. These young bats have lost their mothers to a disease caused by ticks. The bat hospital st
自然百科2009年
The Ark of the Covenant. Down through the ages, it has inspired devotion, terror and obsession. It has long been believed that this gold-encrusted chest was built to hold the Ten Commandments. The Israelites carried the Ark into virtually every battl
自然百科2009年
In Southeast Asia, an abandoned city sprawls magnificently across the heart of Cambodia. Its hundreds of monuments contain more stone than the Egyptian pyramids, and cover more ground than modern Paris. This is Angkor, the capital of an Empire that o
自然百科2009年
The cool waters of Wakulla Springs makes it a popular place to beat Florida's heat. Tourists lounge on the May beach, while the locals prefer the opposite bank. Despite the cold-blooded company, people have visited these historic springs for years. B
自然百科2009年
Where once only salt miners traveled, today, tourists trek(艰苦跋涉), through tunnels hundreds of feet deep into the caverns(大洞穴) of Zipaquir Mountain in Colombia. Their destination: a Catholic cathedral carved from the mineral deposits of
自然百科2009年
Step into the largest religious complex on earth, the temples of Angkor. Started as a mausoleum for a 12th-century Khmer king, it was expanded into a representation of the celestial world. The proportions here are astounding. The so-called the city o
自然百科2009年
Hi, I'm Paddy Kim. We are heading now to North Africa, a land of vast deserts, ancient cities and bustling（喧闹的） markets. Here, the cultures of Africa, the Middle East and the Mediterranean all come together. This is the place where you can
自然百科2009年