In a unique conservation effort, Hawaii is deploying thousands of lab-reared male mosquitoes via drones and helicopters to combat invasive species threatening native honeycreepers. These specially treated insects, carrying a bacterium that prevents their eggs from hatching, aim to drastically reduce the wild mosquito population responsible for spreading deadly avian malaria.
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