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SIR DAVID and ME

Once upon a time, long ago, there was a youthful person called David Attenborough (no “Sir” then). He could be found on the sixth...
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Don’t blame it on a virus…

Typical, commercial wildlife TV programmes relentlessly tell us about "Deadly Killers of the Amazon" or "shark fury, ruthless predators" (Nat Geo, etc).  Yes, they...
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PLANET CRUNCH Book/Film

“Planet Crunch" One year in the Life (or Death) of a Planet. Ours. The only one we’ve got. The Earth. In the autumn of 2019 a...
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Pygmy three-toed sloth – naming its only home is more of...

Whilst I appreciate Lucy Cooke's concern for the pygmy three-toed sloth (Viewpoint, December 2019 issue), it is surely a mistake to name, exactly, it's...
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Amazon: “Where does this stuff go?”…

As with soya and cattle from the burned Amazon rainforest the question is: “Where does this stuff go?”…The same applies to hardwood timber. Are other...
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What Britain buys and sells in a day

At 9pm on Monday, 7th October, BBC 2 showed a one hour programme called “What Britain Buys and Sells in a Day”, which featured...
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Wildlife Winners and Losers – Japan, typhoon, 13 October 2019

October 13th 2019 was actually a very unlucky day for Japan. Some say they deserve it. Typhoon Hagibis came in and smashed the country....
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Telling The Wildlife Truth. Or Not?

There I was, walking across the doughnut – (yes) shaped BBC Television Centre at Shepherds Bush, London.  I was carrying a basic plastic shopping...