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Computer programmers have adapted some ant problem-solving methods to software programs (but without the need for complex chemical scents).

Scientific American’s broadside against E. O. Wilson fits a fashionable, science-denying trend.

A strange thing is happening to the venerable magazine Scientific American. It has decided to kick its science-loving readers in the teeth and embrace a modern equivalent of Lysenkoism—the doctrine that required Soviet biologists to ignore evolution and the genetics of plants. The great biologist Edward O. Wilson died on December 26. Few readers of […]

The American myrmecologist, naturalist and writer Edward Osborne Wilson passed away on December 26, 2021.

E.O. Wilson has devoted his life to a better understanding of the workings of the natural world and to sharing his research and insights with Harvard students.

The Harvard scientist advanced the provocative theory that human behavior such as war and altruism has a genetic basis and warned against the decline of ecosystems.

The biologist and ant specialist championed biodiversity and conservation.

The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author first gained widespread attention for his 1975 book which linked human behaviour to genetics.

The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author first gained widespread attention for his 1975 book which linked human behaviour to genetics.

The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author first gained widespread attention for his 1975 book which linked human behaviour to genetics.