Study Highlights Energy Demands and Declining Reproduction in North Pacific Humpback Whales Using Drones to Monitor Humpback Whale Health Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology have used drones to analyze the health of nursing humpback whale mothers and their calves during their migration across the Pacific Ocean. The findings, … [Read more...] about Drone Technology Reveals Insights into Humpback Whale Mother-Child Dynamics
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Watch: Using a FLIR Thermal Camera to Track Whales
Our friends at Ocean Alliance have been using drones to collect samples from whales, identify them in the wild and track their movements from above. Over the summer they were in Alaska and, with the help of Intel's algorithms, were able to spot different species in the water despite poor visibility. The Ocean Alliance team also got a chance to test out some new equipment, which … [Read more...] about Watch: Using a FLIR Thermal Camera to Track Whales
