In the wake of Bangladesh’s deadliest dengue outbreak, researchers respon

By Hailey Smalley This story first ran in Mongabay, an online news site dedicated to global environmental coverage. In Bangladesh, regular cycles of heat and rain have long cultivated dense populations of insects, and, by extension, the diseases they carry. Dengue fever was first confirmed in Bangladesh 60 years ago, but the disease, carried by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, caused unforeseen devastation in 2023. By the end of the … Continue reading In the wake of Bangladesh’s deadliest dengue outbreak, researchers respon

Scientists are racing to save South Asia’s butterflies from the threat of extinction

By Hailey Smalley This story originally ran in Mongabay, an online news site dedicated to global environmental coverage. In the dark undergrowth of mangrove forests, an anthology of color stirs. Flickers of turquoise rise like exhales from the brackish marshlands, and flashes of sunset orange spark alive in the shadows. The Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh and India is largely known as one of the last … Continue reading Scientists are racing to save South Asia’s butterflies from the threat of extinction