Modified drones are keeping an eye on the world’s wildlife

A growing group of scientists are using drones for wildlife conservation and research. (Unmanned Research Aircraft Facility/uraf.org) For more than a year, Michael Moore has been trying to capture the breath of whales. It’s an audacious idea, but Moore has help. A marine biologist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts, he’s rigged a fleet of small unmanned aerial vehicles—UAVs, or drones—with samplers to catch whales’ exhalations from above. The […]

 

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