David Attenborough

I remember sleeping in places that were infested with rats and waking up with one trundling over my face. Actually, read more

I remember sleeping in places that were infested with rats and waking up with one trundling over my face. Actually, I hate rats! In my time, I've picked up all sorts of things in hotels-fleas, lice, tapeworm.

It's very easy to say everything is outrageous. But if you have an oil company that's setting up its own read more

It's very easy to say everything is outrageous. But if you have an oil company that's setting up its own environmental department, for example, what do you do? Do you spit in its eye, or do you make sure that what they do actually has some substance?

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except read more

The question is, are we happy to suppose that our grandchildren may never be able to see an elephant except in a picture book?

Children start off reading in books about lions and giraffes and so on, but they also-if they're lucky enough and read more

Children start off reading in books about lions and giraffes and so on, but they also-if they're lucky enough and have reasonable privileges of any human being-are able to go into a garden and turn over stone and see a worm and see a slug and see an ant.

An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but read more

An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment.