Edward O. Wilson and the Diversity of Life

Living on Earth

Steve talks with Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist Edward O. Wilson about his new book The Diversity of Life. The book documents the human impact on other life forms, which he calls the “sixth great extinction,” and lays out an ambitious plan to study, catalogue and preserve every species on Earth.

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