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The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences announces the launch of “Love Nature: The Biophilia Podcast,” debuting with iconic biologist Dr. Edward O. Wilson as its first guest, Sept. 15. The podcast, co-hosted by Museum Director and CEO Dr. Eric Dorfman, along with the Museum’s Chief Veterinarian Dr. Dan Dombrowski, centers around the Biophilia Hypothesis, which suggests that humans possess an

The Network for Landscape Conservation 2020 grant awardees for Partnerships work to implement community-grounded conservation at the necessary landscape scale. Funding enables these Partnerships to accelerate efforts to build enduring, place-based, collaborative conservation efforts that protect the ecological, cultural, and community health of the landscapes they call home. One of the winners of

This article was originally published in The Economist, September 3, 2020 A Bug’s Life: Ants and humans Have Shaped Each Other’s Destinies Edward Wilson complements scientific observation with personal anecdotes Ants and people have much in common, Edward Wilson explains. Both are social animals, organised into complex societies with elaborate forms of communication. Ant societies, much like the h