The drones helped create orthomosaics, which are hundreds of overlapping photographs stitched together by a computer program.

Researchers from the University of Florida have uncovered the largest known nesting site for the threatened giant South ...

A team at the University of Florida used drones and smart modeling to accurately count over 41,000 endangered turtles nesting ...

On August 7, 2025, in Brazil's Amazon River, over 41,000 freshwater turtles were recorded nesting. The study by WCS and the University of Florida used drone footage to confirm this historic event. It ...

Scientists from University of Florida have used drones and smart modelling to accurately count over 41,000 endangered turtles ...

Scientists have developed a drone-based counting method that corrected major errors in traditional wildlife surveys. Researchers from the University of Florida have created a more precise method for ...

Throngs of onlookers travelled to the mouth of the Amazon River near Afuá, in the Brazilian state of Pará to witness the release of an endangered species of turtle endemic to the region. This is the ...

It protects some 1.1 million hectares of Amazon rainforest. It’s one of the most biodiverse forests on the planet—and the Napo River is the artery pumping life into its heart.

As part of WWF's Floodplains Project in the Amazon river basin, freshwater turtles are being fitted with radio tags to monitor their whereabouts. This information will help develop new conservation ...

That makes it 100 times larger than its closest living relative, the Amazon river turtle, and twice the size of the largest living turtle, the marine leatherback.

More than 100,000 yellow-spotted Amazon river turtles have successfully hatched as a result of the community-run management program, according to study by scientists and community members in ...