Hawaii's unique birds, known as honeycreepers, are being wiped out by mosquitoes carrying avian malaria. The birds' last hope could be more mosquitoes, designed to crash their own population.

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These birds are all considered to be honeycreepers. They’re native Hawaiian birds and have evolved here over 6 million years – longer than most plants and animals, so they are truly native Hawaiian ...

The lab-raised, non-biting male mosquitoes are meant to breed with the invasive ones on the islands and produce sterile eggs that will help suppress avian malaria ...

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Using an unconventional method that reduces mosquito populations, the critically endangered birds may have a fighting chance.

Other native birds she’s concerned about include the Hawaiian stilt, or aeo, with only about 1,500 remaining, and the Hawaiian duck, or koloa maoli, with only an estimated 673 remaining.