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The Florida torreya is North America’s most endangered conifer, with less than one percent of its population remaining. Now, scientists are mounting a last-ditch effort to save the torreya and are considering using new gene-editing technologies to protect it.  By Janet Marinelli, March 27, 2018 Edward O. Wilson clambered partway down a slope in the Florida Panhandle, aided by a park ranger and tra

Mozambique, Africa – Gorongosa National Park is Mozambique’s flagship natural area. The Park is the heart of a region where the Government of Mozambique teamed with the Carr Foundation on a long-term plan to bring back-to-life a vast and diverse natural ecosystem. Park programs also benefit the surrounding human communities – a vision for a landscape where both wilderness and people thrive.

E.O. Wilson spoke at the Harvard Kennedy School JFK Forum on March 28. The panel on “Climate Change, Biodiversity and the Future of Conservation in America,” also included Jonathan Jarvis, former Director of the National Park Service, and was moderated by Harvard Professor Linda Bilmes. During the presentation, Wilson outlined the Half-Earth Project, and explained the critical nature of the curren