Wilson says our instinct to settle down both ensures our success and dooms us to conflict. Tony Cenicola, The New York Times / Redux Pictures Edward O. Wilson ... in the world. Ants are a wildly ...

At age 13, Wilson discovered the first colony of nonnative fire ants in the United States, reports Reuters, and he continued to catalog species of ants in Alabama throughout high school. Wilson earned ...

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E.O. Wilson discusses his new book, "Half-Earth," and his recent and thought-provoking proposal to devote half the surface of the Earth to nature. The livestream video features E.O. Wilson and ...