BUGS IN THE SYSTEM.

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  • Author(s): KOLBERT, ELIZABETH
  • Source:
    New Yorker. 11/1/2021, Vol. 97 Issue 35, p70-74. 5p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      WILSON, Ed; INSECTS; ANIMAL research; SOLENOPSIS invicta; WATSON, James D., 1928-
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on the significant role of naturalist and biologist Ed Wilson in research projects on insects and the threat of their extinction. Topics discussed on his research on Solenopsis invicta commissioned by the Alabama's Department of Conservation, the widespread of the species in the U.S., a campaign led by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to eliminate the species, and Wilson's dispute with his nemesis James Watson.