New publication highlights urgency of parasitic wasp release to save Darwin’s finches

Professor George Heimpel, a former fellow of the IIAS and part of the “Mathematical Modelling of Biological Control Interaction to Support Agriculture and Conservation” research group, has spearheaded an important project aiming to safeguard Darwin’s finches from a dire threat: the invasive avian vampire fly, Philornis downsi. Collaborating with researchers from the University of Minnesota […]