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Edward O. Wilson

Wildlife bridge

A plan to save more than 80 percent of Earth’s species

Environment

To avert ecological disaster, renowned conservationist and Harvard Professor E.O. Wilson has proposed a radical idea to set aside half of Earth’s land and sea for nature.

Living on Earth Profile Series #21: E. O. Wilson: Of the Grasshopper and the Ant

Nature as Healer

Need for Nature

Biophilia Response

Need for Nature

Host Steve Curwood explores the “biophilia hypothesis”  ? a new scientific theory which says people depend on the variety of life . . . other animal and plant species . . . for their well-being. Edward O. Wilson of Harvard, a chief proponent of the theory, says that, if he’s right, preserving biological diversity could […]

Edward O. Wilson and the Diversity of Life

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.