[Bacteria are the] dark matter of the biological world [with 4 million mostly unknown species in a ton of soil].

We should not knowingly allow any species or race to go extinct. And let us go beyond mere salvage to begin the restoration of natural environments, in order to enlarge wild populations and stanch the hemorrhaging of biological wealth. There can be no purpose more enspiriting than to begin the age of restoration, reweaving the wondrous diversity of life that still surrounds us.

'The Creation' presents an argument for saving biological diversity on Earth. Most of the book is for as broad an audience as possible.

If we were to wipe out insects alone on this planet, the rest of life and humanity with it would mostly disappear from the land. Within a few months.

Far more important throughout the rest of science is the ability to form concepts, during which the researcher conjures images and processes by intuition.

I grew up as a Southern Baptist with strict adherence to the Bible, which I read as a youngster.

I think we will make it. Because one quality people have - certainly Americans have it - is that they can adapt when they see necessity staring them in the face. What to avoid is what someone once called the definition of hell: truth realized too late.