Alberto Angela

In 2018, he received honorary Neapolitan citizenship.

He received the America Award of the Italy-USA Foundation in 2017.

On television programs, he has conceived and written together with his father Il pianeta dei dinosauri, transmitted by Rai Uno in 1993; he is one of the authors of a series of TV program(s), including Superquark, Quark Speciale, and Viaggio nel cosmo for Raiuno. He is also author of the afternoon documentary container-program Passaggio a Nord Ovest, on the same channel. In 1998 he was commentator in the field in the Italian version of the series of documentaries "Big Cat Diary" devoted to the great African feline, entirely realized in co-production between RAI and BBC and for this program, he stayed in the reserve of Masai Mara, in Kenya. Together with his father, Angela was the host of the program Ulisse, from 2001 on Rai Tre, for which he won the Premio Flaiano for television. In 2002 he was attacked and robbed by bandits while filming a TV program, in the desert of Niger.

In 1988 he published an essay on the new techniques of interactivity in scientific museums, entitled Musei (e mostre) a misura d'uomo. Come comunicare attraverso gli oggetti. Together with his father he has written various books of scientific subjects: La straordinaria storia dell'uomo (1989), La straordinaria storia della vita sulla Terra (1992), Il Pianeta dei Dinosauri (1993), Dentro al Mediterraneo (1995), La straordinaria storia di una vita che nasce - 9 mesi nel ventre materno (1996), Squali (1997), Viaggio nel Cosmo (1998).

Alberto Angela (Italian pronunciation: [alˈbɛrto ˈandʒela] ; born April 8, 1962) is an Italian paleontologist, writer and journalist. Angela is currently a famous scientific popularizer in Italy.