David Attenborough: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: Fresh Air Archive - David Attenborough. Oct 11, 2026
Add new Web site: PBS - David Attenborough: Life and Legacy. Aug 01, 2026
Anniversary information added. May 04, 2026
Article thoroughly revised and updated. Apr 24, 2026
Add new Web site: Fresh Air Archive - David Attenborough. Apr 08, 2026
Add new Web site: NPR - Sir David Attenborough Tracks Down Earth's 'First Life'. Feb 06, 2026
Add new Web site: CNN World - David Attenborough’s climate conversion. Dec 29, 2025
Add new Web site: CBS News - Sir David Attenborough explains what he thinks needs to happen to save the planet. Jul 25, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - The Radio 3 Documentary - David Attenborough - World Music Collector. May 17, 2025
Questions and answers added. Mar 13, 2025
Add new Web site: Age of the Sage - David Attenborough - Life on Earth. Aug 17, 2024
Media added. May 07, 2024
Added a box about organisms named for David Attenborough. May 07, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 13, 2024
Media added. Feb 07, 2024
Add new Web site: World Wide Fund for Nature - Sir David Attenborough and WWF. Aug 16, 2022
Add new Web site: UNEP - UN Environment Programme - Champions of the Earth - Sir David Attenborough. May 30, 2022
Added the documentary David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. Dec 17, 2020
Added various books, including A Life on Our Planet. Oct 05, 2020
Added the documentaries Our Planet and Climate Change?The Facts. Apr 19, 2019
Noted that he won an Emmy Award for his narration of the TV series Blue Planet II. Sep 21, 2018
Add new Web site: National Geographic - 15 fascinating facts about Sir David Attenborough. Jan 11, 2018
Article revised and updated. Oct 17, 2017
Added photograph. Aug 20, 2010
Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Biography of David Attenborough. Feb 06, 2009
Article revised and updated. Oct 03, 2008
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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