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British wildlife faces ‘stark’ threat as 60 percent of species assessed in ‘The State of Nature’ report decline
British wildlife is under serious threat, according to a major new study out Wednesday, which found that 60 percent of species assessed have declined in numbers over the past 50 years. The State of Nature report, produced by 25 wildlife organisations working together for the first time, examined the population…
Big brains, no fur, sinuses … are these clues to our ancestors’ lives as ‘aquatic apes’?
David Attenborough joins growing body of scientific support for theory that could explain one of the great leaps of human evolution It is one of the most unusual evolutionary ideas ever proposed: humans are amphibious apes who lost their fur, started to walk upright and developed big brains because they…
David Attenborough first to capture on film newly-discovered Galapagos pink iguana
Veteran British nature broadcaster David Attenborough is to show the first filmed sighting of the rare pink iguana, in a television series on the Galapagos Islands which begins Tuesday. The 86-year-old filmed the rare Conolophus Marthae iguana in June last year for his new series “Galapagos 3D”, which goes out…
David Attenborough lends voice-over to tortoise mating with shoe
When venerable British naturalist and nature film writer David Attenborough appeared on the BBC’s Graham Norton Show, he was presented with a challenge worthy of a man of his eminence. “Your voice-overs, they elevate things,” Norton began. “They give it kind of an air of seriousness and lightness. And we…
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