Experts Deploy Mosquito-Delivering Drones for Critical Mission in Hawaiian Wilderness: 'One of the More Challenging Environments in the World'

Experts deploy mosquito-delivering drones for critical mission in Hawaiian wilderness: 'One of the more challenging environments in the world'

Experts have deployed lab-raised mosquitoes and high-tech drones into the Hawaiian wilderness to combat avian malaria and save rare birds from extinction, the American Bird Conservancy announced on its website. "It's extremely exciting to have reached this project milestone," Adam Knox, a drone pilot for ABC, said in the announcement. "It took a lot of hard work … especially in one of the more challenging environments in the world."  Remotely op…

Hawaii’s Drone Mission to Save Endangered Birds by Dropping Mosquitoes

In an unusual turn of events, drones in Hawaii are being used to drop mosquitoes into remote forests—an effort to save the state’s endangered birds. According to environmental correspondent Benji Jones at Vox, this unique method is part of a broader initiative to tackle an extinction crisis triggered by invasive mosquitoes. The problem began in […]

Unseen Air Mission in Hawaii: Mosquitoes Airdropped to Protect Local Bird Populations

[Cet article a initialement été publié le 24 juin 2024] Despite its tiny size, the mosquito is the deadliest animal in the world. It has many diseases that can be transmitted to human beings. There are viral diseases such as dengue, chikungunya, Japanese encephalitis and Western Nile fever. These insects that have invaded the whole planet also transmit parasitic diseases such as malaria and lymphatic filariasis. Parasites are directly transmitte…