About Animals for English Learners
Text & MP3 Files

[ED] = Education Report; [EX] = Explorations; [HE] = Health Report; [IN] = In the News; [SN] = Science in the News; [TA] = This is America

• [EX] Bats and Fish Farming
• [AG] Earthworms
• [SN] About Sharks and the Killing of Sharks
• [SN] Cashmere Goats and Angora Goats
• [SN] Now We Know Just How Sharks Follow Their Nose to Dinner
• [SN] Transgenic Monkeys Produced in Japan
• [SN] Sharks: A Bad Image, but Oceans Value Them
• [SN] Mapping the Genes of the Woolly Mammoth (No Living Example Needed)
• [SN] Many Animal Populations Facing Threats
• [AG] Burros as Guard Dogs on the Farm
• [DE] Saving Reindeer and a Community in Mongolia
• [SN] Scientists Discover New Gorilla Population in Republic of Congo
• [SN] Shark Diving and Feeding Raises Concerns, for Sharks and Divers
• [AG] Turkey Production Costs Are Up; Not Good News at Thanksgiving
• [AG] Animal Diseases: Foot-and-mouth, Bluetongue and Rinderpest
• [AG] Coyotes Eyeing the Sheep? Employ a Guard Llama
• [SN] Scientists Confirm Case of Shark That Reproduced Without Mating
• [AG] Scientists Clone Pigs to Make Omega-3 Fatty Acids
• [AG] Bees and Beekeeping, Part 2
• [AG] Bees and Beekeeping, Part 3
• [AG] Bees and Beekeeping, Part 1
• [EX] Emperor Penguins Survive in World's Most Extreme Climate
• [SN] All About Sharks

Earlier Programs Without MP3 Files

• [HE] Study Says Dogs Can Smell Cancer
• [AG] Endangered Breeds of Farm Animals
• [SN] Great Apes and African Elephants: What Does the Future Hold?
• [AG] Turkeys in the USA
• [AG] Asian Lady Beetle
• [EN] Pygmy Elephants of Borneo
• [EN] Losses of Big Fish
• [EN] Leatherback Turtle Disappearing
• [AG] Genetically Engineered Salmon
• [EN] Orangutan Study
• [EN] Wildlife Reacting to Climate Changes
• [EX] Keiko the Whale
• [EN] Kenya Lion Cares for Oryx
• [EN] Chinook Salmon Deaths
• [EN] Chronic Wasting Disease in Animals in the USA
• [EN] Geckos and Their Sticky Feet
• [EN] US Proposes Ban on Snakehead Fish
• [EN] Navy Sonar and Ocean Animals
• [EN] Elk Disease
• [AG] Featherless Chickens
• [EN] Coqui Frogs Invade Hawaii
• [EN] Whooping Crane Recovery Project
• [EN] Saving Sea Turtles
• [SR] Slow Tyrannosaurus Rex
• [SR] Bird Brains
• [EN] Monarch Butterfly Deaths in Mexico
• [EN] US Navy and Whales
• [SN] Sumatran Tiger
• [EN] Endangered Turtles Rescued
• [EN] Mystery Squid
• [SR] Largest Cockroach Fossil Ever Found
• [SR] Baby Elephant
• [SR] Smallest Lizard
• [EN] Orcas Threatened
• [EN] Earth's Magnetic Field Helps Turtles
• [SR] Bats
• [EN] Elephant Relocation
• [SR] African Elephants
• [SR] Dinosaur Noses
• [AG] Spying on Farm Animals
• [EN] Penguins Dying
• [AG] Beagle Brigade
• [EN] Apes Endangered
• [SR] Ancestor of Humans
• [EN] Insects to Control Harmful Trees
• [SR] Dolphins' Self-Recognition
• [EX] Alligators' Success Story
• [SR] Dinosaurs and Birds
• [SR] Spiders and Silk
• [EN] Oregon Frog Study
• [SR] Sleeping Rats Dream
• [SR] Genetically Engineered Monkey
• [SR] Rare Animal Clone Dies
• [TA] Cats in America
• [SR] Dinosaur Deaths
• [AG] Disease Resistant Bull
• [AG] Disappearing Farm Animals
• [SR] Earliest Life Form
• [SR] Oldest Running Reptile
• [SR] Oldest Living Creature
• [AG] Animal Diseases Spreading
• [AG] Studying Mites
• [EN] Endangered Species
• [SR] Monkey Declared Extinct
• [EN] Asian Swamp Eels
• [EN] Giant Jellyfish Invade the Gulf of Mexico
• [SR] Genetically Designed Sheep
• [EN] Leatherback Turtles in Trouble
• [SR] Tyrannosaurus Rex in Chicago
• [SR] Monkeys Cooperate and Share
• [SR] Dinosaur Heart

About

• These are good for people studying English because it is possible to read along while listening.
• These are in VOA's Special English.
• These will print very cleanly (without printing the MP3 player and menu.)
• The source of the original pre-edited material is http://voanews.com/specialenglish/.
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