Experts
Edward Osborne Wilson
Biologist, Harvard University
Prof. E.O. Wilson says move over, physics. It's biology's century. Read More
Prof. E.O. Wilson on his breakthrough follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning book, The Ants. Read More
E.O. Wilson's secret foray into military research. Read More
Prof. E.O. Wilson talks about ways to disseminate high-quality knowledge online. Read More
Prof. E.O. Wilson compares biology class today vs. 60 years ago. Read More
Prof. E.O. Wilson talks about the scope of the massive project to document every living organism. Read More
Ones totally devoted to their subject, says Wilson. Read More
Wilson served as a lightning rod back in the 1970's when he first made the outrageous suggestion in a book called "Sociobiology" that human nature exists and it probably has a partial genetic basis. Read More
The more that you move toward that part of the advancing frontier of scientific knowledge, the better career you will have in terms of opportunities opening now in this century and the obvious impact that you are going to have on the future. Read More
Sure can because the more we learn about how life works, the more we learn how we fit into this environment and how we can maintain and then reduce on the planet. Read More
Ant societies are entirely instinct driven whereas we have a little wiggle room. Read More
Ants are easy to find, says Wilson. Read More
If we intelligently plan the establishment of reserves, where we get the maximum protection for the largest number of species, we can save the environment. Read More
The great problem in recognizing the peril of the living environment, one that ultimately affects our lives, is ignorance. Read More
Ford has been a pioneer in his work with Conservation International. Read More
Wilson says habitat destruction is the most harmful threat to our ecosystem. Read More
Wilson discusses the ways that the foundation devotes resources to science education, since only 30 percent of Americans know what biodiversity is. Read More
About Edward Osborne Wilson
Edward Osborne Wilson is an American biologist (Myrmecology, a branch of entomology), researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity), theorist (consilience, biophilia), and naturalist (conservationism). Wilson is known for his career as a scientist, his advocacy for environmentalism, and his secular humanist ideas concerned with religious and ethical matters.
A Harvard professor for four decades, he has written twenty books, won two Pulitzer prizes, and discovered hundreds of new species. Considered to be one of the world's greatest living scientists, Dr. Wilson is often called "the father of biodiversity," (a word that he coined). He is the Pellegrino University Research Professor, Emeritus in Entomology for the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University and a Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. He is a Humanist Laureate of the International Academy of Humanism.