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The Florida torreya is North America’s most endangered conifer, with less than one percent of its population remaining. Now, scientists are mounting a last-ditch effort to save the torreya and are considering using new gene-editing technologies to protect it.  By Janet Marinelli, Marc

E.O. Wilson spoke at the Harvard Kennedy School JFK Forum on March 28. The panel on “Climate Change, Biodiversity and the Future of Conservation in America,” also included Jonathan Jarvis, former Director of the National Park Service, and was moderated by Harvard Professor Linda Bilme

  His Excellency President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo The President of the Republic of Ghana c/o The Chief of Staff Office of the President Flagstaff House Accra Re: Ghana’s responsibility to protect the globally important Atewa Forest Your Excellency, I am writing to draw your

This article was originally published in The Harvard Gazette. By Amy MacKinnon, Harvard Correspondent March 6, 2018 E.O. Wilson, in his latest book, thinks the combination is overdue Like Raymond Carver’s blind man in “Cathedral,” the entomologist Edward O. Wilson inspires readers to

The Half-Earth Project is ‘unlocking a new era in data-driven conservation.’ The Half-Earth Project has launched online the first phase of their cutting-edge global biodiversity map. This unique, interactive asset uses the latest science and technology to map thousands of species arou

Jillian Tamaki In this March 4, 2018 New York Times Sunday Review opinion piece, E.O. Wilson explains why species are the fundamental level of study that must be used to identify conservation priorities, and how the Half-Earth Project map is leading the way. “The 8 Million S

“We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one w

The PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award celebrates writing that exemplifies literary excellence on the subject of physical and biological sciences. The winner receives a cash award of $10,000 and will be honored at the PEN Literary Awards. The PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Scien

“I will argue that every scrap of biological diversity is priceless, to be learned and cherished, and never to be surrendered without a struggle.”—E.O. Wilson This week, our Half-Earth Project partner Tompkins Conservation completed the last of their historic 10 million acre national

“The impact of climate change — the scars that it’s leaving on our planet — is visible from above, too.”–Captain Mark Kelly We can learn a lot about Earth from an astronaut’s perspective. Captain Mark Kelly has gone to space many times, and he’s looked at Earth