New Underwater Robot Named “Beagle” in Honor of Darwin’s 200th Birthday

Sept 25, 2009 – Nature Conservancy’s ROV Embarks on Maiden Voyage
The Nature Conservancy announced today the winner of a national online competition to help name its new remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The public voted to name the deep-sea robot “Beagle” — in honor of Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday and the famous research ship on which he traveled to the Galapagos. Today the Conservancy launched a study using the ROV to assess the impacts of bottom trawl fishing off California’s Central Coast, the first controlled study of its kind on the West Coast. Read press release