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Originally posted on Radio Boston, May 5, 2016 Naturalist E.O. Wilson, at WBUR. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) Edward O. Wilson is professor emeritus at Harvard and one of the living giants in the natural sciences, but he doesn’t mind being called “the ant guy.” But, he’s so much more than that

How to Save Life on Earth, According to E.O. Wilson Originally broadcast on PBS Newshour, April 28, 2016 Biologist and Pulitzer winner E.O. Wilson has spent his life studying animals and fighting for their conservation. As species go extinct at 1,000 times the normal rate thanks to hu

Push for a New National Park in Alabama Is an Upstream Battle Originally broadcast on PBS Newshour, April 22, 2016 Southern Alabama’s Mobile-Tensaw River Delta is one of the most biologically diverse spots in North America. Some environmental activists, among them E.O. Wilson, are pus

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E.O. Wilson’s Plan to Save the Planet: Set Aside Half the Earth for Wilderness Famed biologist E.O. Wilson has a bold proposal for saving our world and our species: Set aside half the planet for nature. Permanently. Extinctions, he points out, are nearing a rate of one thousand

“Half-Earth: Our Planet’s Fight for Life by Edward O. Wilson – Review” By Robin McKie Originally published in The Guardian, April 11, 2016 In 2000, workers finished construction of a hydropower plant in Tanzania’s Udzungwa mountains. A giant reservoir was created by dammin

In October 2015, E.O. Wilson was interviewed by M Sanjayana at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival & Conservation Summit. Watch excerpts from the interview below. E.O. Wilson—Of Ants and Men (Shining Red Productions, Inc. for PBS) won the “Best Writing” and “Conservation Hero

Saving Half the Planet for Nature Isn’t As Crazy As It Seems Originally published in Book Talk, National Geographic, March 27, 2016 By Simon Worrall “It’s a practical possibility,” says biologist E.O. Wilson, and it could save 80 to 90 percent of all species on Earth. It’s hard

  Originally published on thebestschools.org. See the full list of “The 50 Most Influential Scientists in the World Today.” From biotechnology and digital media to sustainable energy and cloud computing, almost everything today is somehow affected—and sometimes entire

In this morning’s New York Times Op-Ed, E.O. Wilson explains why we must vastly increase the area of protected natural reserves in order to conserve the immensity of life upon which we absolutely depend, and which depends upon us. “The Global Solution to Extinction”