America Outdoors with Baratunde Thurston

Understory | How Engineered Mosquitos Could Save Birds

With over a million deaths attributed to them each year, mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on earth. In the hunt to stop the spread of disease, scientists think bacteria could be the key, instead of chemicals.

Understory | How Engineered Mosquitos Could Save Birds

11m 37s

With over a million deaths attributed to them each year, mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on earth.
In the hunt to stop the spread of disease, scientists think bacteria could be the key, instead of chemicals.

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