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The Guide, a documentary short featuring E.O. Wilson, is a coming-of-age tale set against the restoration of a war-torn national park in Mozambique. Raised near Gorongosa National Park, young Tonga Torcida dreams of becoming a tour guide. But when he meets famed biologist E.O. Wilson,

After meeting and working with Professor Wilson I fell in to passion the same way that someone falls asleep: gradually and suddenly, from one moment to another.—Tonga Torcida This fall U.S. high school biology students are watching the documentary short film, The Guide, a coming-of-ag

How did I come to write “Can the World Really Set Aside Half of the Planet for Wildlife?”—an article just published by Smithsonian magazine? Half Earth, Edward O. Wilson and other eminent biologists and naturalists have been saying for some years, is the goal—the amount of land we nee

Foundation Gives the Gift of Knowledge through Philanthropy DURHAM, NC – June 30, 2014 – The E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation today announced the official release of E.O. Wilson’s Life on Earth, a free iBooks textbook series designed to excite and instruct high school biology

In an engaging appearance on May 6, 2014, E.O. Wilson visited Charlie Rose  to discuss his latest book, A Window on Eternity.  In a twenty-five minute interview, Wilson and host Charlie Rose covered a number of fascinating topics: — the work of Greg Carr, Piotr Naskrecki, an

Photograph by Charles J. Smith “Biodiversity is the totality of all inherited variation in the life forms of Earth, of which we are one species. We study and save it to our great benefit. We ignore and degrade it to our great peril.” —E.O. Wilson The May 12th New Yorker article, “Gree

Last week E.O. Wilson was the featured guest on NPR’s popular “Science Friday” broadcast. Show host Ira Flatow interviewed Wilson about many of the stories and observations included in his new book, A Window to Eternity, including: — how Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique is one of

Edward O. Wilson visited Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” on May 5, 2014. Stephen Colbert introduced “Captain E.O.” to viewers with the quip, “E.O. Wilson says humans have a lot to learn from ants, but when I excrete an odor trail to find my way home I get arres

A giant spider in Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park. Photograph by Piotr Naskrecki. In a lively interview on May 5, 2014, on NPR’s nationally-syndicated show “On Point with Tom Ashbrook,” Edward O. Wilson responded to questions from guest host Jessica Yellin and f

Edward O. Wilson. Photograph courtesy of The University of Alabama. Edward O. Wilson returned to his alma mater, The University of Alabama, for the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Symposium, which was held April 22-24. While in his home state, he spoke with WBHM reporter Gigi Douban and shar