‘If we don’t break that cycle …’: It’s raining ‘mosquitoes’ over Hawaii — here’s the reason why

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.