albatross

How understanding albatross flight may lead to advances in drone technology

Technology dr. dolittle | January 17, 2014
Amazon Prime Air might want to pay attention to this research. Scientists have studied the flight patterns of albatrosses to understand how the animals are able to sustain flight with minimal energy expenditure.

Albatrosses Have No Idea Where They're Going

User Image bleimanb | October 26, 2007
Who would have thought that the wandering albatross flew around the earth randomly with absolutely no plan? Apparently the person who named it. According to some fishermen, albatrosses look "wicked baked." Scientists used to believe that albatrosses followed a strange mathematical formula when flying around the globe in search of food. Turns out they were wrong. New data suggests that albatrosses have no rhyme or... reason to their movements, and indeed are flying long distances completely randomly. According to this article in the New Zealand Herald, data gathered over ten years ago…