Sir David Attenborough was born in West London on May 8, 1926. In the century since, the naturalist and television broadcaster has narrated over 100 nature documentaries ; won eight BAFTAs, a Peabody Award, and four Emmys; had at least 20 species named after him; received two knighthoods (in 1985 and again in 2022); and helped pioneer numerous wildlife filmmaking techniques that are now mainstays in the genre, including time-lapse footage, super-slow motion, infrared filming, macro photography, and underwater photography.

Remarkably, the soon-to-be-centenarian is still at it. As his 100th birthday rolls around, Sir David Attenborough has multiple newly released and upcoming projects dropping, including Secret Garden , a series focused on the biodiversity in British backyards; Wild London , about wildlife found around the city; and A Gorilla Story, in which he revisits his 1978 experiences with mountain gorillas. But it’s not the career success that keeps Attenborough going.…