The #ProtoBird lived some 120 million years ago & did not have teeth—a trait more similar to #birds of today than to birds of its time—sharpening scientists’ understanding of #avian#evolution.
The #scientists who discovered the #NovelSpecies gave it a name that highlights its uniqueness and pays tribute to the British #naturalist#DavidAttenborough : Imparavis attenboroughi, which means “Attenborough’s strange bird” in Latin.
What a star Chris Packham is. I'm so relieved we have a credible voice to push back against Tory denials and indifference to the climate emergency. Someone we can all get behind. My latest hero.
Humans cannot survive without Earth, but the planet will survive; it will do very much better if we disappeared. ~ #DavidAttenborough at COP21 in 2015 🌏 #COP28
One of the pupae begins to hatch. Out of it comes ... yes ... an IT worker. Soon it will crawl out of its cyber-cocoon, and it will join the other IT workers, glistening under the fluorescent lights; the IT workers will 'help' the lesser drones by making them feel first ignored, and then, incredibly stupid.
I don't watch much TV or other video at all, but I made an exception for this and it really is fascinating from beginning to end.
Full of stories showing the most remarkable relationships between animals. And how, of course, they are struggling with the effects of climate change. The photography is superb, as ever from thr BBC, and close-up to the action.
"This is the new extinction and we are half way through it. We are in terrible, terrible trouble and the longer we wait to do something about it, the worse it is going to get."
He was controller for BBC2 when colour TV turned up and, as well as introducing Snooker to TV, he also asked for yellow balls so they were easier to see on the screen.
In the first half of the 20th century, tennis balls were usually white. And so it was, until a young TV producer called #DavidAttenborough got involved… 🎾 #Wimbledon
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Does anyone really understand what a world treasure #davidattenborough is? He’s 97 years old and has dedicated his life to teaching all of us about our planet. A planet that does not belong to us. We’re just one species here. To allow right wing uninformed deniers the space to set the narrative on climate change, regardless of the why, will go down in history as one big travesty. #ClimateChange