Drones with thermal cameras are revealing the secrets of elusive Australian forest wildlife
- Written by Benjamin Wagner, Research Fellow - Forest Resilience and Adaptation, The University of Melbourne
The sound of a large drone humming over a forest at night, combined with a bright floodlight, is an eerie sight. It might evoke ominous thoughts of a search-and-rescue operation.
But our new study published in Ecological Applications shows that drones equipped with thermal cameras could also help detect and monitor some of Australia’s most...