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