The last five 'akikiki birds in the wild are at risk of extinction because non-native mosquitoes brought Malaria to Hawaii's island of Kaua'i. Read more here.
Insects are colonizing higher, cooler regions from South America to East Africa, with a new study noting a 21-foot-per-year climb in sub-Saharan Africa.
The draft environmental assessment was made public for the use of Wolbachia-based incompatible male mosquitoes on Kauaʻi to stop the spread of avian malaria that is decimating native forest bird populations.
Educator and freedom movement leader Peggy Hall has denounced the plan to release billions of lab-bred mosquitoes in Hawaii. A collection of agencies and organizations working under the Birds, [.]