Hunting for rare plants in inaccessible spots: Q&A with drone pilot Ben Nyberg

Mongabay
May 13, 2019, 12:02 pm345 ptsTrending
Sometimes looking for rare plants can mean taking extreme steps. And for decades, botanists at the National Tropical Botanical Garden (NTBG), a nonprofit based on the island of Kauaʻi in Hawaii, have done that. They’ve rappelled down dangerously steep cliff faces using ropes, hung out of helicopters and…

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