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E.O. Wilson’s lifelong passion for ants helped him teach humans about how to live sustainably with nature

Mohammed Abbasi

Doug Tallamy, University of Delaware E. O. Wilson was an extraordinary scholar in every sense of the word. Back in the 1980s, Milton Stetson, the chair of the biology department at the University of Delaware, told me that a scientist … Continue reading E.O. Wilson’s lifelong passion for ants helped him teach humans about how to live sustainably with nature

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Invasive species are threatening Antarctica’s fragile ecosystems as human activity grows and the world warms

Mohammed Abbasi

Dana M Bergstrom, University of Wollongong and Shavawn Donoghue, University of Tasmania We tend to think Antarctica is isolated and far away – biologically speaking, this is true. But the continent is busier than you probably imagine, with many national … Continue reading Invasive species are threatening Antarctica’s fragile ecosystems as human activity grows and the world warms