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  The Smithsonian Institution and E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation present Our Shared Future–a conversation in celebration of Half-Earth Day 2022 October 13, Washington, DC Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Baird Auditorium a live event featuring Ani Dasgupta, Queen Quet, Ellen Stofan, Paula J. Ehrlich, Elizabeth Gray, Cristián Samper, Lucas St. Clair, Sean B. Carroll, with J

“Teaching ourselves about the Birds and the Bees” first appeared in the NY Daily News on July 3, 2022. Pierre Comizzoli is a research biologist at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington. This piece was co-produced with Knowable Magazine. The endangered Sumatran rhino is on the brink of extinction, and some of the few remaining animals are t

This article is republished from The Conversation is the world’s leading publisher of research-based news and analysis. A unique collaboration between academics and journalists. It was written by: Simon KA Robson, CQUniversity Australia. The American biologist E.O. Wilson famously called invertebrates “the little things that run the world”. Despite their great importance,