It's always been a dream of mine, of exploring the living world, of classifying all the species and finding out what makes up the biosphere.

Every kid has a bug period... I never grew out of mine.

Ants make up two-thirds of the biomass of all the insects. There are millions of species of organisms and we know almost nothing about them.

We don't need to clear the 4 to 6 percent of the Earth's surface remaining in tropical rain forests, with most of the animal and plant species living there.

America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost.

It's always been a dream of mine to get somewhere and to have my mom and dad with me up there.