Wilson, E. O. 1988a. The current status of ant taxonomy. Pp. 3-10 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp.

Wilson, E. O. 1988b. The biogeography of the West Indian ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pp. 214-230 in: Liebherr, J. K. (ed.) 1988. Zoogeography of Caribbean insects. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, ix + 285 pp.

Wilson, E. O. 1989. Chimaeridris, a new genus of hook-mandibled myrmicine ants from tropical Asia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 36:62-69. PDF

Wilson, E. O. 1990. Success and dominance in ecosystems: the case of the social insects. Excellence in ecology, 2. Oldendorf/Luhe: Ecology Institute, xxi + 104 pp.

Wilson, E. O. 2003a. Pheidole in the New World. A dominant, hyperdiverse ant genus. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, [ix] + 794 pp.

Wilson, E. O. 2003b. La hiperdiversidad como fenómeno real: el caso de Pheidole. Pp. 363-370 in: Fernández, F. (ed.) 2003. Introducción a las hormigas de la región Neotropical. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xxvi + 424 pp.

Wilson, E. O.; Billen, J. P. J. 2008. Social insect histology from the nineteenth century: the magnificent pioneer sections of Charles Janet. Arthropod Structure and Development 37:163-167. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1953. The subspecies concept and its taxonomic application. Systematic Zoology 2:97-111. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1955. Revisionary notes on the sanguinea and neogagates groups of the ant genus Formica. Psyche (Cambridge) 62:108-129. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1956. New parasitic ants of the genus Kyidris, with notes on ecology and behavior. Insectes Sociaux 3:439-454. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958a. The worker caste of the parasitic ant Monomorium metoecus Brown and Wilson, with notes on behavior. Entomological News 69:33-38. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1958b. Recent changes in the introduced population of the fire ant Solenopsis saevissima (Fr. Smith). Evolution 12:211-218.

Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1967. [Untitled. Descriptions of new taxa: Sphecomyrminae Wilson and Brown, new subfamily; Sphecomyrma Wilson and Brown, new genus; Sphecomyrma freyi Wilson and Brown, new species.]. Pp. 6-10 in: Wilson, E. O.; Carpenter, F. M.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1967. The first Mesozoic ants, with the description of a new subfamily. Psyche (Cambridge) 74:1-19. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1985 ("1984"). Behavior of the cryptobiotic predaceous ant Eurhopalothrix heliscata, n. sp. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Basicerotini). Insectes Sociaux 31:408-428. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Carpenter, F. M.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1967. The first Mesozoic ants, with the description of a new subfamily. Psyche (Cambridge) 74:1-19. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Carpenter, F. M.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1967b. The first Mesozoic ants. Science (Washington, D. C.) 157:1038-1040. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Eisner, T.; Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1956. Aneuretus simoni Emery, a major link in ant evolution. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 115:81-99. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Fagen, R. M. 1974. On the estimation of total behavioral repertories in ants. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 82:106-112. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Farish, D. J. 1973. Predatory behaviour in the ant-like wasp Methocha stygia (Say) (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Animal Behavior 21:292-295. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Francoeur, A. 1974. Ants of the Formica fusca group in Florida. Florida Entomologist 57:115-116. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1980. Sex differences in cooperative silk-spinning by weaver ant larvae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 77:2343-2347.

Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1985. Caste-specific techniques of defense in the polymorphic ant Pheidole embolopyx (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 32:3-22.

Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1986. Ecology and behavior of the Neotropical cryptobiotic ant Basiceros manni (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Basicerotini). Insectes Sociaux 33:70-84. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 1988. Dense heterarchies and mass communication as the basis of organization in ant colonies. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 3:65-68.

Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 2005a. The rise of the ants: a phylogenetic and ecological explanation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102:7411-7414. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Hölldobler, B. 2005b. Eusociality: origin and consequences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 102:13367-13371. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Hunt, G. L. 1967. Ant fauna of Futuna and Wallis Islands, stepping stones to Polynesia. Pacific Insects 9:563-584. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Nowak, M. A. 2014. Natural selection drives the evolution of ant life cycles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 111(35):12585-12590. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Pavan, M. 1960 ("1959"). Glandular sources and specificity of some chemical releasers of social behavior in dolichoderine ants. Psyche (Cambridge) 66:70-76. PDF

Wilson, E. O.; Regnier, F. E., Jr. 1971. The evolution of the alarm-defense system in the formicine ants. American Naturalist 105:279-289. PDF