Government administrations and researchers in Australia are teaming to use drones and facial recognition technology in an effort to count, monitor, and protect the nation’s beloved koala bears. The government of South Australia, wildlife specialists at Flinders University, and the conservation charity Koala Life have worked up a plan to fly drones to film koalas in their habitat, and run that footage through facial recognition applications to identify individual bears. Drones shooting footage for facial recognition purposes will be flown initially amid captive koalas at Cleland Wildlife Park in Adelaide Hills, about 14 miles south of central Adelaide.