If you follow how drones are being used in the world of conservation, you will have heard about Ocean Alliance by now. The Massachusetts-based marine conservation organization has pioneered a new way of collecting biological samples from whales in the form of SnotBot. These adapted drones act as flying Petri dishes, hovering above whales as they come up to the surface to … [Read more...] about Drones At Sea: The Highs & Lows of a Parley SnotBot Expedition
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Ocean Alliance and FlightWave Aero Trial Fixed-Wing Drone for Whale Research
Our friends at Ocean Alliance have been pioneering the use of drones for marine research for quite some time. But until very recently, those drones were essentially off-the-shelf quadcopters, modified to be flying Petri dishes capable of collecting whale snot without disturbing the animals. These flying 'SnotBots' gather biological data that gives researchers an insight into … [Read more...] about Ocean Alliance and FlightWave Aero Trial Fixed-Wing Drone for Whale Research
Drones, Peanut Butter Vaccines and Endangered Ferrets
Time for another chapter in our ongoing search for great #DronesForGood stories. This particular use case involves drones, peanut butter and ferrets. What's not to love?... In central Montana, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is using drones to drop peanut butter pellets on prairie dog colonies. The reason? North America's most endangered mammal, the black-footed ferret, relies … [Read more...] about Drones, Peanut Butter Vaccines and Endangered Ferrets
Ocean Alliance: Drones, Whales & Intel
We've been closely following the work of Ocean Alliance for a while now. The marine conservation organization first came to our attention with its ingenious, drone-powered data gathering solution: SnotBot. Silly name, brilliant concept. SnotBot is essentially a modified drone that hovers above whales in the wild to collect valuable samples from their blows. Think of them as … [Read more...] about Ocean Alliance: Drones, Whales & Intel
