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b'Is your windshield accumulating less bug splatter? Insects, the most numerous animals on Earth, are becoming scarcer, and that\\u2019s not good news. They\\u2019re essential, and not just for their service as pollinators. We ask what\\u2019s causing the decrease in insect populations, and how can it be reversed.\\xa0\\nAlso, the story of how California\\u2019s early citrus crops came under attack \\u2013 a problem that was solved by turning Nature on itself. And how chimpanzee \\u201cdoctors\\u201d use insects to treat wounds.\\nWe investigate the small and the many on \\u201cThe Latest Buzz.\\u201d\\nGuests:\\n\\n\\nMartin Kernan\\xa0\\u2013 Historian and journalist. His article, \\u201cThe Bug That Saved California,\\u201d appeared in the January-February 2022 issue of the\\xa0Smithsonian\\n\\n\\n\\nAlessandra Mascaro\\xa0\\u2013 Evolutionary\\xa0Biologist, currently working at the Ozouga Chimpanzee Project,\\xa0co-author of the\\xa0Current Biology\\xa0paper, \\u201cApplication of insects to wounds of self and others by chimpanzees in the wild\\u201d\\n\\n\\nLara Southern\\xa0\\u2013 Doctoral student at the University of Osnabruck,\\xa0co-author of the\\xa0Current Biology\\xa0paper, \\u201cApplication of insects to wounds of self and others by chimpanzees in the wild\\u201d\\n\\n\\nOliver Milman\\xa0\\u2013 Environment correspondent for\\xa0The Guardian\\xa0in the U.S. and author of \\u201cThe Insect Crisis: The Fall of the Tiny Empires that Run the World\\u201d\\n\\n\\n\\ufeffFeaturing music by\\xa0Dewey Dellay\\xa0and\\xa0Jun Miyake\\nBig Picture Science is part of the\\xa0Airwave Media\\xa0podcast network.\\xa0Please contact\\xa0sales@advertisecast.com\\xa0to inquire about advertising on Big Picture Science.\\nYou can get early access to ad-free versions of every episode by joining us on\\xa0Patreon. Thanks for your support!\\n\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'