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E.O. Wilson and the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation traveled to the United Kingdom last fall in support of the MEMO Project. Included in the schedule of events was a dinner hosted by HRH Prince Philip at Buckingham Palace. In the spring of 2014, the Foundation entered into a colla

Harrison Ford, a member of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation’s Board of Advisors, is one of the featured correspondents for Years of Living Dangerously, a groundbreaking SHOWTIME® documentary event series exploring the human impacts of climate change on Americans and other

Leonard Mlodinow, who received the  2013 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award for his book, Subliminal (Pantheon), was featured in an earlier post on our blog. Below read details of the PEN American Center’s 2013 Literary Award Ceremony held earlier this week in New Yo

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

Rates of basal melt of Antarctic ice shelves (melting of the shelves from underneath) overlaid on a 2009 mosaic of Antarctica. (NASA) On July 10, 2013, NPR’s nationally-syndicated show “On Point with Tom Ashbrook” featured an extensive interview with Dr. James McClin

On July 4, 2013, NPR covered the release of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation’s (EOWBF) video Ghost Rookeries: Climate Change and the Adelie Penguin. Ghost Rookeries, narrated by actor, conservationist, and member of the EOWBF Board of Advisors Harrison Ford, conveys the s

The E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation (EOWBF) and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) will be embarking on an exciting new initiative beginning in the summer of 2013. Beginning with Ghost Rookeries: Climate Change and the Adelie Penguin (4 minutes, 2013), short videos produc

New York City, August 28, 2012—PEN American Center, the largest branch of the world’s oldest literary and human rights organization, today announced the winners and runners-up of the 2012 PEN Awards, including the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, which celebrates writin