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Sir David Attenborough takes on tragic real story of elephant that inspired Disney's Dumbo
It doesn't have a happy ending.
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Scientists warn that Earth's sixth mass extinction has already begun
Scientists have warned that the “biological annihilation” of wildlife has seen the start of Earth’s sixth mass extinction. Humans and wildlife species face a “dismal” future if measures are not taken within the next 20 years to stop “powerful assaults on biodiversity”, according to researchers. The grim warning, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal, states that the hidden rate of species population decreases mean “Earth’s sixth mass extinction episode has pr
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This cave is deeper than the Eiffel Tower and probably the most beautiful hole on Earth
The cave – named the Great Pit – is deeper than France’s Eiffel Tower and is one of the largest vertical caves ever discovered in the world. The cave’s formal name will be Gran Pozo MTDE, in honour of a local climbing firm that supplied all the caving equipment for the descent.
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Planet Earth 2 insist they saved every baby turtle they could in series finale
Last night’s episode of Planet Earth 2 had hearts breaking as terrified viewers saw newly-hatched hawksbill turtles get disorientated and walk towards a deadly main road in Barbados.
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5 reasons why Planet Earth II is the best thing on TV right now
2016 may have given us plenty to roll our eyes and even despair at but when it comes to television shows we’ve been rather spoiled. Pushing Game of Thrones, Black Mirror, and Westworld to one side, one programme has stood head ans shoulders above the rest.
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David Attenborough: Nobody Does it Better
A few days ago it was revealed that the polled favourite name for the arctic research ship, ‘Boaty McBoatface’, had been superceded by another name. ‘RRS Sir David Attenborough’. With any other name, people would’ve been annoyed that the poll had been completely ignored to give it a more formal name, yet the fact that it was named after Attenborough seemed to be greeted with a resounding, ‘fair enough’. Everyone seems to agree that David Attenborough is one of the greatest living Britains, thu
