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“In my judgement, the best naturalist in the world is Piotr Neskrecki.” – E.O. Wilson   Take a trip to Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique with Half-Earth Chair Piotr Naskrecki, Half-Earth Scholar Ricardo Guta, and researcher Norina Vicente, who will share the deep scient

  “In my judgment, the best naturalist in the world is Piotr Naskrecki,” said E.O. Wilson during Half-Earth Day 2019, introducing the Half-Earth Chair and Associate Director of the E.O. Wilson Lab in Gorongosa National Park. “Now that diagnosis is not casual. It

This article was originally published in The Bitter Southerner on April 21, 2020 Story by Caleb Johnson | Photographs by Irina Zhorov In the 1940s, E.O. Wilson was an Alabama teenager who wandered the bottomland around Mobile and studied its creatures. He never stopped and became the

Without insects, we’d be doomed. It’s time to make a happier home for them. This article appeared in the Washington Post on February 20, 2020. By Douglas W. Tallamy Unfortunately, we humans are now in a position to declare victory in our long war on insects. The United Nations’ Global

This story appeared in the Huffington Post on February 14, 2020 By Olivia Boyd In 1995, faced with severely depleted fish stocks, the Mexican village of Cabo Pulmo decided to abandon its nets and campaign to establish a “no-take” marine reserve. Decades of overfishing had all but empt

This article was originally published in Yale Environment 360 on February 13, 2020 By Jim Robbins Leading scientists and conservationists are proposing that up to 50 percent of the earth’s land and oceans be protected in the coming decades. While some view the goal as unrealistic, pro

E.O. Wilson has been enlightening all of us with his scientific work and eloquent writings for decades. At 90, he continues to publish actionable works that push boundaries and enhance our understanding of the world. Following on his 2016 publication, Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight fo

  A Conversation with Pioneering Biologist E.O. Wilson Published January 16, 2020 as an “Esri & The Science of Where” Podcast Earth is at a crossroads as climate change and urbanization threaten conservation around the world. Renowned biologist and author E.O. Wil

Dear Friends, In a relative blink of evolutionary time, humanity has become master of a global endgame. Our unique blend of animal instinct and social and cultural genius has created a historic path of reckless consequence for all of life on Earth. As this New Year dawns, however, I’m

The article originally appeared in Sierra on December 28, 2019. By Jason Mark Last fall, UC Berkeley hosted Half-Earth Day, a symposium to explore the idea of setting aside 50 percent of Earth’s lands and oceans for conserving biodiversity. The Half-Earth concept was conceived by E.O.