Scientists hope to tech the heck out of eDNA sampling with drones, robots

Mongabay
Jul 7, 2023, 6:20 am146 pts
SINGAPORE — A huge drone hums and hovers above the canopy of a tree. Just as one might start to think that the show is over, the action begins. Slowly, a robotic arm with a sheet of sampling paper attached at the end drops down from the drone. On reaching the canopy, the arm rubs the paper against the…

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