Remote-controlled aircraft are expected to revolutionise academic marine research in Scotland by the summer.
The planes, which will be piloted from the ground, are to be used by a research facility in the Highlands to collect scientific data.
They can monitor a range of subjects from the movement of jellyfish to the arrival of non-native species of seaweed, the melting of sea ice and how mammals such as seals relate to offshore energy projects.
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