Edward O. Wilson thinks we should set aside half the planet as wilderness, and he believes we can do it. In a new book, he tells the story of a nature preserve in Mozambique to make his case.

Part I. The problem. 1. The world ends, twice ; 2. Humanity needs a biosphere ; 3. How much biodiversity survives today? ; 4. An elegy for the rhinos ; 5. Apocalypses now ; 6. Are we as gods? ; 7. Why ...

1. The reason we exist: The meaning of meaning -- Solving the riddle of the human species -- Evolution and our inner conflict -- 2. The unity of knowledge: The new enlightenment -- The all-importance ...

One of the century’s most influential scientists and thinkers, Edward O. Wilson first came to widespread attention with the publication of his landmark book Sociobiology: The New Synthesis in 1975. In ...

There is a new paper in Nature which is a full frontal attack on the utility of William D. Hamilton's inclusive fitness framework in explaining eusociality. Martin A. Nowak, Corina E. Tarnita, & ...

Michael Schulson is a contributing editor for Undark. His work has also been published by Aeon, NPR, Pacific Standard, Scientific American, Slate, and Wired, among other publications. This story ...

Did Edward O. Wilson — Harvard professor, iconic biologist, champion of global biodiversity — promote racist ideas? For years, some scientists have suggested the very question is rooted in smear ...

Edward O. Wilson, known as E.O. Wilson, who died last month at the age of 92, was a major figure in the field of evolutionary biology. He made significant contributions to the study of animal behavior ...

There is an interesting article in this week’s New Yorker about the Harvard ant specialist and sociobiologist Edward O. Wilson. It tells how recently Wilson has been upsetting his fellow evolutionists ...

In a never-before-seen interview, E.O. Wilson sat down with The New York Times in 2008 to talk about his lifelong quest to explore and to protect the planet’s biodiversity. By Erik Olsen, James Gorman ...

Ed Wilson is a Professor and Curator of Entomology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. Wilson is one of today's finest scholars and naturalists, and he is one of the world's ...

Cataloging the staggering richness of Earth’s species will have multiple payoffs. In this webinar, Lloyd Bod and Nathaniel Robichaud will discuss how analyzing 1,000 plasma proteins across multiple ...