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☆ How daredevil drones find nearly extinct plants hiding in cliffs
  + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Daisy Chung Gloria Dickie Simon Scarr | Daisy Chung | Gloria Dickie | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +7 min
For decades, searching for such hard-to-reach plants and collecting samples was carried out by intrepid botanists who rappelled by rope down dangerous cliffs to hunt for what was lost. Now, we may have a little more time before extinction.”DIRE SITUATIONToday, two in five plant species globally are threatened with extinction. Kauai has 250 plant species that can be found only on the island. To protect species in the long run, botanists need to collect samples — seeds and genetic material — which they can cultivate in greenhouse nurseries. They might even use drones to bomb down collected seeds, packing them into sticky fertilizer balls that can adhere to steep cliffs.
☆ From flickering fireflies to lowly dung beetles, insects are vanishing
  + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Gloria Dickie Simon Scarr | Gloria Dickie | Simon Scarr | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +9 min
And Wagner’s beloved fireflies – like so many insects worldwide – have largely vanished in what scientists are calling the global Insect Apocalypse. “Insects are the food that make all the birds and make all the fish,” said Wagner, who works at the University of Connecticut. Humans, too, see some 2,000 species of insects as food. “We’d see yields dropping of all of these crops.”And in nature, about 80% of wild plants rely on insects for pollination. WINNERS AND LOSERSWhile the situation is bleak for insects at large, a few types of insects are thriving.
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