Scientists are dropping live mosquitoes out of drones in Hawaii. Here’s why

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A capsule full of lab-raised mosquitoes falls from a drone in Maui. | Adam Knox/American Bird Conservancy
It sounds like something out of a nightmare: a giant drone flying through the sky and dropping containers full of live, buzzing mosquitoes, one of the world’s most hated insects.
But…

This story appeared on vox.com, 2025-06-16 11:30:00.
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