A conservation charity based in the UK runs a citizen science survey called Bugs Matter. It tracks movements in the population of local flying insects via the number of bugs that splatter on the license plates of its participants’ cars. There has been a worrying downward trend in recent years. Host Carolyn Beeler has more.
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