{"id":2591,"date":"2025-12-08T17:14:51","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/?p=2591"},"modified":"2025-12-08T17:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T17:15:10","slug":"colossal-foundation-drones-reveal-elephants-hidden-behaviors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/colossal-foundation-drones-reveal-elephants-hidden-behaviors\/","title":{"rendered":"Colossal Foundation: Drones Reveal Elephants\u2019 Hidden Behaviors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"803\" data-end=\"1541\">A new Save the Elephants\/University of Oxford study\u2014supported by the <a href=\"http:\/\/colossalfoundation.org\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Colossal Foundation<\/a>\u2014shows elephants tolerate research drones when flown high and steady, enabling low-impact monitoring. In 35 flights over 14 families in Kenya, brief first-exposure reactions faded within minutes and were ~70% less likely on later passes. With thermal cameras and computer vision, teams can log spacing, movement, night activity, and demographics without disruption\u2014data that guides corridors, patrols, and coexistence planning. All flights followed Kenyan permits and wildlife-first protocols. The work demonstrates how modern tools strengthen conservation baselines for long-lived species while minimizing stress and cost.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1543\" data-end=\"1575\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.earth.com\/news\/drones-are-revealing-the-secret-lives-of-elephants\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Earth.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Save the Elephants\/University of Oxford study\u2014supported by the Colossal Foundation\u2014shows elephants tolerate research drones when flown high and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2591\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/colossal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}