DRC has graciously opened their doors (or more accurately their lagoons) to allow MORAES to begin a research project focused on collecting marine mammal data through the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or more commonly referred to as, drones. With the incorporation of UAVs into the field of researching marine mammals, countless possibilities can now be considered as a result of their versatility, and the scope of data collection can now be broadened dramatically. With the help of DRC and their resident population of bottlenose dolphins Tursiops truncatus located within their facility, we at MORAES can focus our efforts on increasing the project's efficiency before hopefully expanding our efforts into wild bottlenose dolphin populations. study general marine mammology in South Florida associated with (but not limited to) microbiome work, virology, morphometry, metabolomics, and genetics.