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Prince William: Help Save Earth, Win a $1.3M Prize

5 Earthshot awards will be given out each year until 2030 in quest to 'fix our planet'

(Newser) - Prince William has joined forces with Sir David Attenborough to launch a new environmental award Thursday, the Earthshot Prize, which has grand ambitions to "incentivize change and help to repair our planet over the next 10 years." The prize takes its inspiration from the "moon shot" challenge...

Prince George's Giant Shark Tooth Causes a Bit of an Outcry

Malta seems like it might want the fossil back

(Newser) - Naturalist David Attenborough recently screened his new environmental documentary at Kensington Palace with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and brought along quite a treasure for their eldest son: a giant prehistoric shark tooth. But it turns out 7-year-old Prince George may have to give it up, the Guardian reports....

David Attenborough Joins Instagram, Smashes a Record

Naturalist reaches 1M followers faster than anyone else

(Newser) - Sorry, Ms. Aniston. Sir David Attenborough has just taken your Instagram record . The 94-year-old naturalist debuted on Instagram Thursday and reached 1 million followers in a little more than four hours, according to Guinness World Records . That broke Aniston's mark of 5 hours, 16 minutes, reports Mashable . As of...

Beloved Naturalist Says Fate of Humanity Hangs in the Balance

David Attenborough called climate change the worst threat to mankind in thousands of years

(Newser) - Sir David Attenborough was holding no punches during an address Monday at a summit hosted by the United Nations. Per BBC , the beloved British naturalist used his time at the podium to issue a dire warning to humanity regarding climate change: "If we don't take action, the collapse...

'Boaty McBoatface' Name Will Live On

But in a slightly different way

(Newser) - "Boaty McBoatface" was the public's clear winner in a naming poll for a UK research ship, but Jo Johnson, Britain's science minister, more or less said a couple of weeks ago that the quirky moniker wasn't going to happen . He was partly right, per the Guardian ...

Coroner Cracks 130-Year-Old Murder Mystery

London coroners solve a case so old, Sherlock Holmes could've worked it

(Newser) - A skull dug up in a back garden has solved a 130-year-old mystery surrounding the murder of a wealthy London widow. Julia Thomas was murdered by her housekeeper in 1879, but her head was never found, and the case was dubbed the "Barnes mystery" by the Victorians for the...

Rat-Eating Plant Named for Brit Naturalist Attenborough

(Newser) - A rare, giant Philippine pitcher plant that likely dines on rats and mice has been named after British naturalist Sir David Attenborough, the Times of London reports. The Nepenthes attenboroughii, which could number only a few hundred specimens, was discovered in 2007. Attenborough says he’s delighted to lend his...

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