Researchers used drones to sample whale blow and discovered cetacean morbillivirus in Arctic whales for the first time.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A deadly virus is striking Arctic whales. Humpback whales in Norway, along with one sperm whale and one pilot whale, were found to ...

It allows us to monitor pathogens in live whales without stress or harm, providing critical insights into diseases in rapidly changing Arctic ecosystems." Between 2016 and 2025, researchers sampled ...

Arctic marine life is notoriously difficult to study because of its remoteness. But drones have enabled whales to be monitored and diagnosed while being minimally invasive, according to a new study.

Scientists took samples from whale blow, identifying possible disease risks for marine mammals in northern seas. By Alexa Robles-Gil In northern Norway, scientists detected a disease-causing virus in ...

Drones have been used to successfully collect samples from the exhaled breath - or “blow” - from wild humpback, sperm and fin whales in northern Norway, hailing a new era of non-invasive health ...