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  Earlier this month U.S. Rep. Don Beyer introduced the Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act, which will protect and restore native wildlife and create more resilient landscapes across America. The bill will allow federal agencies to allocate funds to establish wildlife corridors,

By Stuart Pimm, E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation Board of Advisors Originally published in Nature, 531, March 10, 2016 “Conservation: Glass Half Full” What do humans want? So asks E. O. Wilson near the start of Half-Earth, his bold vision for the biosphere. He outlines

“E.O. Wilson Wants Us to Leave Half the Earth Alone” by Claudia Dreifus was originally published in the September–October 2015 issue of Audubon Magazine. The famed naturalist’s newest book, written from a retirement home, is a provocative and urgent call to save the

Biodiversity Days are focused on cultivating awareness and promoting understanding as a key foundation for engagement, action and inspired care of our planet. This year, on April 24th and 25th, Edward O. Wilson and other notable scientists and conservationists convened at Duke Univers

Biodiversity Days are focused on cultivating awareness and promoting understanding as a key foundation for engagement, action and inspired care of our planet. This year, on April 24th and 25th, Edward O. Wilson and other notable scientists and conservationists convened at Duke Univers

“This is the most important scientific report of at least the last decade on the distribution of America’s parks and biodiversity.”—E.O. Wilson A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) reveals that America’s Nat

The E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation is pleased to announce our upcoming “Biodiversity Days” on April 24th and 25th at Duke University and the Nicholas School of the Environment in Durham, North Carolina. Biodiversity Days are focused on cultivating awareness and promoting understa

Stuart Pimm asks if he should be surprised to see a bird so close to extinction. From results in a paper just published in “Conservation Biology,” he concludes that such an event should be a once in a millennium experience. That it isn’t, tells us that human actions are ca