‘If we don’t break that cycle…’: It’s raining ‘mosquitoes’ over Hawaii — Here’s the reason why
Screen grab (Source: X/@birdd111) In a counter-intuitive but urgent conservation push, drones and helicopters are releasing thousands of mosquitoes over Hawaii’s forests in an effort to rescue some of the islands’ most threatened birds. The operation is part of a large-scale bid to suppress invasive mosquito populations that are driving native Hawaiian honeycreepers towards extinction.In…