The male snatches a drink, but he also needs to collect water for his chicks. 雄沙鸡抓紧时间喝了口水，但他还要给雏鸟们带水回去。 Using specially adapted breast feathers, he can soak up water like a sponge. 他胸前特化的羽...
Animals have come here from many miles around. 动物长途跋涉来到这里。 Yet this can be a dangerous place in which to linger. 但在此地逗留可能会有危险。 60 miles away, in the heart of the desert, sandgrouse chicks are hatching. 离...
As drought intensifies, 随着干旱加剧， desert-living elephants must also undertake long journeys in search of water. 沙漠象也必须踏上旅途，寻找水源。 The older females can remember where, 年长的母象能记住哪些地方，...
With no plants to bind them, thin soils soon turn to dust and blow away. 没有植被固定土壤，稀薄的土层很快就会变成沙尘，被风吹走。 Now, these barren lands are left to the mercy of the elements. 如今，这片不毛之地只能...
The locusts now transform into winged adults, 蝗虫正在变态为有翅的成虫， and with conditions as good as this, they do so three times faster than normal. 由于生长环境良好，它们发育的速度达到平时的三倍。 Now they ar...
Some deserts are so arid, they appear totally devoid of all vegetation. 有的荒漠十分贫瘠，看似寸草不生。 Yet even these landscapes can be transformed in a matter of days. 但即使是这种地方也能在几天之内焕然新生。 Th...
The spines that cover almost every plant in this desert 这片沙漠上的植物几乎都浑身是刺， can provide protection and shelter for many animals. 它们能为动物提供了庇护之所。 So, why should these spikes be hung with corpses?...
The rain may be long gone, but there is water here... 雨季也许早已过去，但沙漠里还是有水... locked away within the tissues of specialist desert plants. 只是储存在沙生植物特化的组织当中。 Cacti are unique to American...
It does, sometimes, rain in the desert. 沙漠地区偶尔也会降雨。 Here, in the American West, storms can strike with devastating force. 在美国西部地区，暴风雨会带来灾难性的影响。 After ten months of drought, 十个月的干...
A dry riverbed on the edge of their territory. 她们领土的边缘有一条干涸的河床。 The only animals here are giraffe, but these one-tonne giants could kill a lion with a single kick. 长颈鹿是附近唯一的动物，但这重达一吨的...
