Spotting cows from space

Cows don't seem to have a whole lot going on most of the time. They're raised to spend their days grazing in the field, raised for the purpose of providing milk or meat, or producing more cows. So when students in an ecologist's lab found themselves staring intently at satellite image upon image of bovine herds at Point Reyes National Seashore, it was funny, in a 'Far Side' kind of way.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/04/210412194215.htm