Aquatic drones are taking to the high seas to fight against contaminated drinking water. According to the World Health Organization, more than 2 billion people worldwide drink contaminated w... Read more
It’s World Oceans Day – and DRONELIFE is noting the day by reporting on researchers at Loughborough University’s Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing... Read more
Drones have helped scientists find mega colonies of penguins – over 750,000 pairs – in protected areas in the Antarctic Peninsula. The journal Nature reports that a “multi-... Read more
Smog is a major health problem in Poland, killing tens of thousands of Poles each year. Now the Polish government is cracking down on polluters, using Scentroid Flying Labs to detect law-br... Read more
The Department of Interior (DOI) is using hand-me-down drones from the Department of Defense (DOD) – and getting good value from them. The Federal Times reports that DOI’s “entir... Read more
Researchers at Aberystwyth University in the UK have invested in drone technology to expand their cutting edge forestry research. The Earth Observation and Ecosystem Dynamics Group at Aberys... Read more
While drone operators everywhere will be looking for their best shots during Monday’s eclipse (check out this guide from Kittyhawk) a team of scientists from Oklahoma State University ... Read more
The FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 had many provisions relating to drones – some of them widely affecting the drone industry and others more specific in nature. One of the... Read more
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is at the forefront of the fight to save the planet – and they’ll use any tool available to do so. Here are three incr... Read more
In the newest example of drones being used to save cute animals, the US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) plans to use and M&M shooting drone to save the endangered black-footed ferrets.... Read more
With all the press that rogue drones get, we like to make sure that the thousands of examples of beneficial drones get some play too. Here are three amazing stories of drones for good in th... Read more