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On his broadcasting and passion for nature, NPR stated he "roamed the globe and shared his discoveries and enthusiasms with his patented semi-whisper way of narrating". [2] He is widely considered a national treasure in the UK, although he himself does not embrace the term. [3] [4] [5] He is the younger brother of director, producer and actor Richard Attenborough, [6] and older brother of motor executive John Attenborough. [7] Life and family Moratelli, Ricardo; Wilson, Don E.; Novaes, Roberto L. M.; Helgen, Kristofer M.; Gutiérrez, Eliécer E. (2017). "Caribbean Myotis (Chiroptera, Vespertilionidae), with description of a new species from Trinidad and Tobago". Journal of Mammalogy. 98 (4): 994–1008. doi: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx062. Royal Patrons and Honorary Fellows". The Linnean Society. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021 . Retrieved 31 October 2021. Norbu Wangchuk, Rincehn (26 February 2019). "Exclusive: The Story Behind Wild Karnataka, India's First Blue Chip Natural History Film!". The Better India. Archived from the original on 5 September 2021 . Retrieved 27 February 2019. Sir David Attenborough: Heart of Borneo is a global heritage". WWF-UK press release. Archived from the original on 9 September 2006.a b "David Attenborough: A Life in Television". BAFTA Guru. 19 May 2009. Archived from the original on 1 August 2015 . Retrieved 18 August 2015.

White, Peter (25 September 2018). "Sir David Attenborough's Wildlife Doc Series 'Dynasties' Goes Global Via BBC Studios". Deadline. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019 . Retrieved 4 November 2018. By the turn of the millennium, Attenborough's authored documentaries were adopting a more overtly environmentalist stance. In State of the Planet (2000), he used the latest scientific evidence and interviews with leading scientists and conservationists to assess the impact of human activities on the natural world. He later turned to the issues of global warming ( The Truth about Climate Change, 2006) and human population growth ( How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?, 2009). He contributed a programme which highlighted the plight of endangered species to the BBC's Saving Planet Earth project in 2007, the 50th anniversary of the Natural History Unit. [86] [87] In 2020, Attenborough narrated the documentary film David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. The film acts as Attenborough's witness statement, reflecting on his career as a naturalist and his hopes for the future. [95] It was released on Netflix on 4 October 2020. [96] Further work for Netflix includes the documentary titled Breaking Boundaries: The Science of Our Planet, released on 4 June 2021. [97] In October 2020, Attenborough began filming in Cambridge for The Green Planet. [98] In 2021, Attenborough narrated A Perfect Planet, a five-part earth science series for BBC One. [99]Morris, Lauren (23 September 2020). "When is David Attenborough's new film A Life On Our Planet released?". Radio Times . Retrieved 21 November 2020. Living Icons – David Attenborough". BBC. Archived from the original on 27 April 2009 . Retrieved 31 October 2009. Celebrities' open letter to Scotland – full text and list of signatories | Politics". The Guardian. 7 August 2014. Archived from the original on 17 August 2014 . Retrieved 26 August 2014. Fossil named after Sir David Attenborough". BBC News. 22 March 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018 . Retrieved 20 June 2018.

Governance | TCV". The Conservation Volunteers. 20 March 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021 . Retrieved 5 September 2021. Attenborough spent his childhood collecting fossils, stones, and natural specimens. [12] He received encouragement when a young Jacquetta Hawkes admired his collection. [13] He spent much time in the grounds of the university. Aged around 11, he heard that the zoology department needed a large supply of newts, which he offered through his father to supply for 3d each. The source, which he did not reveal at the time, was a pond right next to the department. [14] A year later, his adoptive sister Marianne gave him a piece of amber containing prehistoric creatures; some sixty years later, it would be the focus of his programme The Amber Time Machine. [15] Jones, Julia P. G. (5 April 2019). "Our Planet is billed as an Attenborough documentary with a difference but it shies away from uncomfortable truths". The Conversation. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021 . Retrieved 27 August 2021. Appleyard, Bryan (27 September 2020). "A Life on Our Planet by David Attenborough, review — a passionate valedictory". The Times . Retrieved 21 November 2020.Gammel, Caroline (11 July 2018). " 'Giant' wind turbine for Glyndebourne". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 March 2011 . Retrieved 15 September 2019. Finnish: Yksi elämä, yksi planeetta: Näkemys ihmeellisen maailmamme tulevaisuudesta. Translated by Ilkka Rekiaro. Helsinki: WSOY. 2020. ISBN 9789510456583. In 2018, a new species of phytoplankton, Syracosphaera azureaplaneta, was named to honour The Blue Planet, the TV documentary presented by Attenborough, and to recognise his contribution to promoting understanding of the oceanic environment. [220] The same year, Attenborough was also commemorated in the name of the scarab beetle Sylvicanthon attenboroughi. [221] In 2021 an extinct species of horseshoe crab was named Attenborolimulus superspinosus. [222] [223] In July 2022, a fossil of a 560-million-year-old creature named Auroralumina attenboroughii, which researchers believe to be the first animal predator, was named after Attenborough. [224] Attenborough is also recognised by Guinness World Records as having the longest career as a natural historian and presenter in television. [225] Awards Attenborough in 2018 receiving an honorary award for his sustainability work from Bergen Business Council and Fana Sparebank Attenborough receiving the Landscape Institute Medal for Lifetime Achievement, and becoming an Honorary Fellow of the Landscape Institute in 2019 Year In the 1990s, Attenborough continued to use the "Life" title for a succession of authored documentaries. In 1993, he presented Life in the Freezer, the first television series to survey the natural history of Antarctica. Although past normal retirement age, he then embarked on a number of more specialised surveys of the natural world, beginning with plants. They proved a difficult subject for his producers, who had to deliver hours of television featuring what are essentially immobile objects. The result was The Private Life of Plants (1995), which showed plants as dynamic organisms by using time-lapse photography to speed up their growth, and went on to earn a Peabody Award. [53]