Overhead view

Gray Whale

A gray whale surfaces close to the GEMM Lab’s research vessel while the drone is up recording behavior and photogrammetry data (Image captured by Todd Chandler under NOAA/NMFS permit #16111)

Sea Lion

A New Zealand fur seal subdues its octopus prey

(Photo by Leigh Torres)

Breeding birds

Two white-capped albatross at their breeding colony on The Auckland Islands, New Zealand

(Photo by Leigh Torres)

WHALE FROM ABOVE

Surface Lunge

A drone captures the moment a blue whale begins a surface lunge to feed on a patch of krill in the South Taranaki Bight, New Zealand (Image captured by Todd Chandler)

Whale tail

A blue whale shows off its fluke as it dives in the South Taranaki Bight of New Zealand

(Photo by Leigh Torres)