Searching where salmon lay eggs is getting a boost from some eyes in the sky. Researchers are testing drones to survey for salmon nests.

With drones hovering above the whales as they pass by during their epic migration, scientists in the state of California are able not only to count, but also to estimate the size of the mega mammals.

When It Comes to Counting Wildlife, Drones Are More Accurate Than People Technology could be a conservation gamechanger, but we need to interrogate its impact on wildlife ...

In a groundbreaking study, Chinese scientists have turned to advanced technology to map the nation’s forests and count its trees. Using LiDAR (light detection and ranging) drones, researchers ...

Counting dugongs in the ocean can be a pretty difficult task. That's why Australian marine mammal researcher Dr. Amanda Hodgson, from Murdoch University in Western Australia, is trying to see if ...

A University of Adelaide study showed that monitoring wildlife using drones is more accurate than traditional counting approaches. Jarrod Hodgson, from the university's Environment Institute and ...

USGS research biologist Tony Fischbach says drones have proven to be safer, and they've helped with a long-running problem of understanding how many walruses just happen to be out of view ...

But, until now, the accuracy of using drones to count wildlife was unclear," says the study's lead author, Jarrod Hodgson from the University's Environment Institute and School of Biological Sciences.

Created by the American Museum of Natural History, DotDotGoose is software that assists with manually counting objects in images.

A fleet of drones will take to the skies above Arlington next month in an effort to figure out how many deer call the county home. The drones will be piloted by a firm contracted by the county and ...