E.O. Wilson is a life-long explorer of the natural world whose pioneering studies of ants have led to revolutionary insights across a wide range of fields, from evolution to animal and human behavior. A founding father of the environmental movement, Wilson teaches us to understand, protect, and celebrate the earth and has greatly influenced the way scientists and nonscientists view the interwoven complexity and diversity of our planet.

Wilson is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner for General Non-Fiction and a winner of the National Medal of Science. He is currently Pellegrino University Research Professor Emeritus and Honorary Curator in Entomology at Harvard University.

Photo credit - Beth Maynor Young

Past Events

• Science & Story: The Art of Communicating Science Across All Media

  2011 Festival

  Bringing the drama of science to life for a broad audience is a vital cultural challenge. In a series of vibrant programs, hear how some of the foremost interpreters of science are using their narrative crafts to shift science to its rightful place at the cultural center.

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• BioBlitzing the Planet Ants, Frogs and Crawling Wonders

  2009 Festival

  Bringing Bio Blitzing in the Boroughs full circle, America’s consummate naturalist E.O. Wilson and world-renowned insect scientist and photographer Mark Moffett share stories from their adventures.

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• What It Means to Be Human The Enigma of Altruism

  2009 Festival

  Alan Alda hosts E.O. Wilson, Sarah Hrdy and other leading evolutionary biologists, anthropologists and humanitarians as they examine the origins and evolution of human cooperative behavior.

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