Australia uses drones and thermal cameras to monitor endangered animals

Deploying drones equipped with thermal cameras helps Australian scientists monitor endangered animals more effectively, while providing valuable data for research and wildlife population recovery.

Australian researchers have deployed drones equipped with thermal cameras to monitor endangered native animal species.

According to the University of Melbourne (UniMelb), these drones are helping to improve conservation efforts in Victoria by effectively tracking some of the most elusive and endangered native animal species.

"Tracking these animals is crucial for their survival, but because many species spend most of their time high up in the trees, finding them can be very difficult," said UniMelb researcher Benjamin Wagner.

According to Wagner, endangered wildlife populations are declining due to habitat loss, wildfires, and climate change.

Research shows that drones can survey forest areas up to 10 times larger than traditional lighting methods, which require slow walking, labor at night, often miss animals, and pose safety risks to surveyors.

According to the researchers, the drones detected all nine species of arboreal mammals expected to appear in various areas, recording more than 1,000 observations of native mammals, wild birds, and ground animals such as kangaroos, koalas, wild deer, and cats at all study sites.

Mr. Wagner added: "We are now expanding on the aforementioned research and have conducted more than 100 additional drone surveys, detecting over 4,000 wildlife species to explore their recovery in the forests of Victoria."

(VNA/Vietnam+)

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