In the Dark, a Safer Path: How Thermal Cameras Are Helping Elephants Cross India’s Forest Edges

In the Dark, a Safer Path: How Thermal Cameras Are Helping Elephants Cross India’s Forest Edges

On a November night in Hosur last year, a herd of elephants, mothers and their calves, moved through the forest, their bodies glowing against the blackness. The young ones stayed close, almost tucked into the shadows of the adults, as if the night itself was something to be crossed carefully. From a distance, forest officials watched. The video came from a thermal-imaging drone deployed in Tamil Nadu’s Hosur Forest Division, capturing a moment t…