In Kenya’s Samburu National Reserve, a drone is closing in on a herd of elephants. Unfazed, the animals playfully bathe in the Ewaso Nyiro River. The elephants here are afraid of bees, and previously, the hum of a drone would see them flee. But as technology has improved and drones have become quieter, elephant conservationists have been able to utilise the devices to observe and track the animals. Before, the use of drones in elephant conservation mostly relied on their power to disturb: elephants would always run from them, making drones a useful tool to drive elephants from croplands.
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