For the first time, scientists have successfully used satellite cameras coupled with deep learning to count animals in complex geographical landscapes, taking conservationists an important step ...

Sure, pachyderm polling doesn't seem difficult. They're not exactly hard to see. But covering hundreds of square miles, day after day, requires time, money and personnel — all of which are in short ...

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust shared the elephant-related brain teaser on microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter). How quickly can you solve it? Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, best known for its rescue, ...

Researchers often serve lengthy stints in remote areas to count and monitor the movements of large animals such as elephants. In the future, however, scientists may use seismic instruments to do the ...

The world's largest land animal is still hard to monitor in the wild, but satellites could make it easier. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When ...

Ask any researcher or conservationist how many elephants are in Africa and you will be hard-pressed to get an exact number. Current estimates range between 400,000 and 750,000 on the continent. Of the ...

The Great Elephant census, an ambitious two-year initiative funded by an American philanthropist for $7 million, aims to count all of the elephants on the continent of Africa in order to save the ...

It is time for the gentle giants of the forests to be counted as the Forest Department in Karnataka embarked on a three-day elephant population estimation exercise on Wednesday covering both protected ...

When the arithmetic-performing celebrity horse Clever Hans was exposed as a phony in 1907, we lost faith in the math skills of our animal kin. But new research shows Clever Hans’ owner should have ...

Editor's Note: In the fifth graf, the number of African savannah elephants left in the wild was updated to 415,000. For the first time, scientists have successfully used satellite cameras coupled with ...