E.O. Wilson is at Harvard University. Rick Friedman is the author of the image.
Edward O. Wilson died at the age of 92. The world's top authority on the study of ants was the author and teacher.
Wilson died in Burlington, Massachusetts, according to a statement released by the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation.
Paula Ehrlich, CEO and president of the foundation, said that E.O. Wilson's holy grail was the pursuit of knowledge. His scientific focus and poetic voice transformed our way of understanding ourselves and our planet.
There are ants of the world.
Wilson was a research professor at Harvard University and was an authority on insects. He described more than 400 species during his life and was the author of more than 400 scientific papers. Wilson is considered the founder of sociobiology, the study of the biological basis for social behavior, among other scientific disciplines and concepts. He received the National Medal of Science in 1976.
People have paid tribute to Wilson. The world lost a true hero for the planet when Dr. E.O. Wilson passed away.
Wilson wrote many books about science. He won two Pulitzer Prizes in general nonfiction for "On Human Nature" and "The ants", which he co-authored. Wilson co-founding the Society ofConservation Biology and served on boards for the Nature Conservancy and other organizations.
In his book "Half-Earth: Our Planet's Fight for Life", Wilson proposed dedicating half of Earth's surface to nature in order to preserve and avert mass extinction. This idea is the basis for the Half-Earth Project.
A tribute to Wilson's life will be held in 2022, with memorial details to be announced.
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