Technology is furthering innovation in wildland firefighting across the west, including the Tahoe Basin — and not just in the process of extinguishing flames but in prevention of these catastrophic ...

The world of aerial mapping just got a significant boost. XTI Aerospace announced today that its subsidiary, Drone Nerds, is officially expanding its toolkit ...

Researchers at the Indian Institu te of Science have developed a solution inspired by an unlikely source. A microscopic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In firefighting, drones get used to see hot spots in the dark, map the size of fires and look for damage. But the recent Green ...

A Philadelphia-based company, Treeswift, has created a drone called SwiftCruise, that can maneuver below the forest canopy and gather plentiful data from heavily-forested areas. The drone uses a ...

Crews with the Los Padres National Forest are using drones to pinpoint storm damage and take stock of what needs repair. "We're taking the drone and looking at areas like this and beyond where we ...

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — Thousands of acres of California forestland go up in smoke every year due to wildfires ‚ in some cases, leaving nature struggling to regenerate. Cal Fire and the U.S. Forest ...

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A helicopter fighting the 150-acre Barth Fire in Caldwell County nearly collided with a drone that came within feet of the aircraft’s bucket, the Texas A&M Forest Service reported.

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - As wildfire season begins, the North Carolina Forest Service (NCFS) reminds residents to steer clear of flying drones over wildfires. According to NCFS, wildfires are a ...

Scientists need to collect data fast to understand how forests are changing due to climate change and deforestation. In a recent study, scientists flew drones over the forest canopy to learn more ...

In firefighting, drones get used to see hot spots in the dark, map the size of fires and look for damage. But the recent Green Fire also proves the flying robots also are effective in starting ...