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  By Don Lyman This article was originally published in the Boston Globe, July 17, 2019 Earlier this month, more than 100 scientists and naturalists, along with several hundred members of the public, converged on Concord to participate in the third Great Walden BioBlitz. They also were there to celebrate the 90th birthday of renowned Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson, in recognition of his leader

On July 6, 2019, the Walden Woods Project, the National Park Service, the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation and Peter Alden hosted the 2019 Great Walden BioBlitz, where hundreds of taxonomic specialists, students, families, and other members of the community made more than 4,000 species observations of 1,100 different species. As a guest of honor and in celebration of his 90th birthday, E.O. Wil

“Humanity will move safely into a new era.” – E.O. Wilson   “Ed, what do you think about the future?” This was the opening question asked by Jack Dangermond during the Esri User Conference keynote discussion, “How Geospatial Technology Can Help Solve Global Conservation Challenges,” featuring E.O. Wilson and Jane Goodall and moderated by Dangermond, founder and president of Esri. “We need to