50 years Wilson's Sociobiology

2025 marked the 50th anniversary of the publication of Sociobiology: the New Synthesis by E.O. Wilson. Since Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology incorporated the name of the then-new discipline in the title of the journal in 1976. The journal has been a main source for disseminating sociobiological research; James Traniello and I have prepared editorials commemorating the semicentennial of this transformational tome. In these editorials, James and I, and Associate Editors, are sharing our perspectives on the impact of Sociobiology for their work and for the diversification of the study of the evolution, ecology, and mechanisms of social behavior.