The European nightjar is protected in the UK. It actually looks like tree bark, so they’re difficult to count before work that disturbs their nests. Drones spot them easily using thermal imaging. newatlas.com/drones-thermal-… via @nwtls

Breeders are using drones to quantify their crop’s phenomes. Their goal is to dramatically boost yield, from about 1.3% annually to doubling each year. disq.us/t/39nv0x9

As drones’ uses in global health have rapidly increased, many countries and charitable groups are considering them. nyti.ms/2GlZH0Z

Buying your child a drone for the holidays? Follow the adventures of the FAA’s own little drone Buzzy to help you and your child have fun while keeping everyone safe. bit.ly/2UMP7TJ

Watch the video of this experimental drone changing shape in flight. It can squeeze through tight spaces to enter collapsed buildings and structures. Drones like this may be the future of search and rescue and first responders. popularmechanics.com/flight/… via @PopMech

In a first, a robot drone disperses microscopic baby corals (coral larvae) across the world's largest coral reef. It’s been under threat from climate change, decreased water quality, coastal development and fishing. bit.ly/2zWUxCM

Drones can acquire data regardless of time and place, unleashing innovative new possibilities in the field of remote sensing. xitter.cf/share?text=A%20glimpse…...

Traveling the world with your Lily? Laws vary. France prohibits publishing images of license plates without permission, and Italy bans drone flight altogether over its beaches in summer, where people may be, as it were, in their altogether. See our map: bit.ly/2Uo7JJQ

U.K. plows $160 million into electric planes, urban drones bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business

Imperial College London developing autonomous soft-material drones to make building maintenance safer, more efficient. The drones will independently search for repair needs and carry out needed work. empa.ch/web/s604/drohnen

Drones “will give our cops and their incident commanders an opportunity to see what they are getting into before they go into harm's way" said Chief of Department Terence Monahan. usatoday.com/story/news/nati… via @usatoday

Drones fix ‘impossible’ task and restore communication to remote homes commercialdroneprofessional.… via @cdronepro

Artificial Intelligence could help drones cover a broader area in search-and-rescue operations at sea. arxiv.org/abs/1811.05291

Next after Monday’s Mars InSight landing will be a fully autonomous helicopter designed for a Martian atmosphere 100X thinner than Earth. It’s intended as a proof of concept for low-level aerial views of the landscape, including hard-to-access areas. nyti.ms/2G8ubOI

FAA: LAANC is Thriving, helps drone pilots get real-time authorization to fly in controlled airspace - Unmanned Aerial j.mp/2zstuiJ via @UAONews

Singapore plans to deploy a lot of drones sc.mp/bw55t via @SCMPNews

“In ten years, every single fire department in the country will have a drone program. It will be seen in the same way as not having fire hoses on your fire trucks.”—Derrick Ward, Los Angeles Firefighter. bit.ly/2AnDIjR

Can drones take off in a big way? Definitely. forbes.com/sites/jeffsteele/…

New drone flying your way for Black Friday? Don’t forget to register it! WIRED magazine has a handy guide “How to Register a Drone”: tinyurl.com/yddrg73c