His first century has been mostly splendid
David Attenborough’s first century has been quite splendid or rather tragic.
The good news: Attenborough — who turns 100 on Friday (May 8) — revolutionized the way we see nature on TV.
“People had never seen a pangolin on television,” he wrote. “They had never seen a sloth. We showed them the largest lizard … and, for the first time, birds-of-paradise dancing in the New Guinea forest.”
And the bad? During his century, he wrote, nature has struggled. “This is the true tragedy of our time: the spiraling decline of our planet’s biodiversity.”
Now come ample chances to survey both extremes: Read more…