natural history

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It’s an era of natural history with striking parallels to our own — climate change, extinction, devastating fires, a wobbling balance between humans and the rest of the natural world.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

The study highlights the lasting importance of natural history collections.

From Science Daily • May 26, 2026

Sir David was born in west London on 8 May 1926, and has also fronted pioneering natural history series including his Life Collection, The Trials of Life and The Blue Planet.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Attenborough's natural history series, such as "Life on Earth", in which he had a famous encounter with mountain gorillas in Rwanda, have brought the most remote corners of the planet into living rooms worldwide.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

The belief that terrestrial processes were gradual had been elemental in natural history since the time of Lyell.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson