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...
Hunting here presents special problems. 沙漠狩猎有着特殊的难题。 A herd of oryx, the only prey within 20 miles. 这群直角大羚羊是方圆三十二公里内唯一的猎物。 Out here, there is no cover for an ambush. 这里没有任何...
Imagine a world where temperatures rise to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. 想象一个世界，气温高达四十九摄氏度。 Where there's no escape from sun, wind and dust. 没有什么能阻挡烈日，狂风与沙尘。 Imagine a world with almost no...
