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2025
Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 15)
Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 10)
Bear Communication and Behavior (July 9)
Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 8)
Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 3)
The Amazing Sockeye Salmon (July 2)
Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 1)
More to Explore: Bears, Birds, and a New Boat (June 30)
Bearcam Play-by-Play (June 26)
Wild Moments: Hippos, Mongoose, and Impala (June 26)
Make the Most of Your Katmai Experience (June 25)
Welcome to Bearcam 2025 (June 18)
More to Explore: The Wait is unBEARable (June 16)
Get Ready for Bearcam 2025 with Charlie Annenberg (June 11)
Bald Eagle Play-by-Play (June 5)
More to Explore: Gorillas Go Home (June 2)
Wild Moments: Cheetah Cubs and Penguin Chicks (May 29)
More to Explore: Welcome Back Puffins (May 19)
Bald Eagle Play-by-Play (May 15)
More to Explore: Lubee Bat Conservancy (May 5)
Bald Eagle Play-by-Play (May 1)
Earth Day Celebration (April 22)
More to Explore: Wildlife Intervention—Condors (April 21)
Bald Eagle Play-by-Play (April 17)
Wild Moments: Playful Animals and Reptiles (April 10)
More to Explore: Great Dane Service Dogs (April 7)
Bald Eagle Play-by-Play (April 3)
More to Explore: Beluga Whales and Eagle Tales (March 24)
More to Explore: Eagles and Puppies (March 10)
More to Explore: Egg Watch for Bald Eagle (February 24)
Manatee Rescue and Success (February 19)
More to Explore: Great Backyard Bird Count (February 10)
More to Explore: Wintertime Adaptations (January 27)
More to Explore: LA Fire Relief Fundraiser (January 13)
2024
- Drawn to Explore: Paint Pen Parrotfish (December 20)
- Wild Moments: Wildest Moments of 2024 (December 12)
- The Manatee Journey (December 11)
- More to Explore: 2024 Top 10 Moments (December 9)
- More to Explore: Return of the Manatees (November 25)
- Drawn to Explore: Pastel Polar Bears (November 18)
- More to Explore: Celebrating Service Dogs (November 11)
- Wild Moments: Dust Devils, Cheetah, and Zebra (October 31)
- White and Brown and Black All Over: North American Bears (October 30)
- Bearcam Season Review with Charlie Annenberg (October 16)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (October 15)
- More to Explore: Polar Bears are Back (October 14)
- The Otis Fund: Fat Bear Celebration and Fundraiser (October 12)
- Fat Bear Week Finale (October 8)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (October 3)
- Welcome to Fat Bear Week (October 2)
- Fat Bear Week Bracket Reveal (October 1)
- Death of Bear 402 (September 30)
- More to Explore: All About Fat Bear Week (September 30)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play and Fat Bear Junior Reveal (September 24)
- Drawn to Explore: Drawing Fat 747 (September 23)
- Wild Moments: Zebra Foal Rescue (September 19)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 17)
- More to Explore: Late Summer at Brooks River (September 16)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 12)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 10)
- Drawn to Explore: Fat Bear Week Campaign Posters (September 9)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 4)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 3)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 29)
- Wild Moments: Wild Dogs and Hyena (August 29)
- Carrying Capacity: Hunger and Habitat and Bears (August 28)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 27)
- Drawn to Explore: Painting Sockeye Salmon (August 26)
- Bear Personalities and Culture (August 21)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 20)
- More to Explore: Baby Hippo Confronts Elephant (August 19)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 15)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 13)
- Drawn to Explore: Bear Portraits (August 12)
- Bear Language (August 7)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 6)
- More to Explore: More Bears (August 5)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 1)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 30)
- Mother Bear Defends Her Cubs (July 29)
- Bear Motherhood and the Life of Cubs (July 24)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 23)
- Birds of the Prairie (July 22)
- More to Explore: Summer of Blubber (July 22)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 18)
- The Bear Hierarchy (July 17)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 16)
- Drawn to Explore: Sketching Bear Anatomy (July 15)
- The Amazing Sockeye Salmon (July 10)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 9)
- More to Explore: Bears, Bats, and Birds (July 8)
- Brown Bear Mating Season (July 3)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 2)
- Welcome to Bearcam 2024 (June 26)
- More to Explore: Bearcam Behind the Scenes (June 24)
- Wild Moments: Bushpigs and Warthogs (June 20)
- Get Ready for Bearcam 2024 with Charlie Annenberg (June 17)
- More to Explore: Waking from Hibernation (June 3)
- Prairie Dogs of Grasslands National Park (May 30)
- More to Explore: Puffin Egg, Condor Chick, and Cheetahs (May 21)
- More to Explore: Shark Cam (May 6)
- Wild Moments: Leopard, Civet, and Elephants (May 2)
- Earth Day (April 22)
- More to Explore: New Philippine Eagle Cam (April 22)
- Herps of the Northern Prairies (April 17)
- Wild Moments: Lions, Leopard, and Giraffe (April 11)
- Total Solar Eclipse From My House! (April 8)
- More to Explore: Solar Eclipse Special Edition (April 8)
- More to Explore: New Rhino Cams (March 25)
- Wild Moments: Snakes, Elephants & Giraffe (March 21)
- More to Explore: Cubs, Cranes, Coyotes (March 11)
- Wild Moments (March 7)
- More to Explore (February 22)
- Florida Manatees (February 15)
- Coral Reefs and Diving at Utopia Village (February 8)
- More to Explore: Happy Birthday Brown Bears (February 5)
- More to Explore: Aryana has Eggs (January 25)
- More to Explore: Eggspecting (January 8)
2023
- More to Explore: Top Moments of 2023 (December 18)
- More to Explore: 10 Cams Not to Miss (December 4)
- More to Explore: Polar Bears (November 13)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (November 9)
- More to Explore: Polar Bear Cams (October 30)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (October 26)
- (Not So) Distant Cousins – Polar Bears and Brown Bears (October 20)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (October 18)
- More to Explore: From Fall to Frost (October 16)
- Brown Bear Celebration and Fundraiser (October 14)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (October 12)
- Fat Bear Tuesday (October 10)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (October 5)
- Welcome to Fat Bear Week (October 4)
- Fat Bear Week Bracket Reveal (October 2)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play and Fat Bear Junior Reveal (September 26)
- More to Explore: Fat Bear Week 2023 (September 25)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 19)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 14)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 12)
- More to Explore: Return of the Fat Bears (September 11)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 7)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 31)
- More to Explore: Bulking Bears (August 28)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 24)
- Bears as Ecosystem Engineers (August 23)
- More to Explore: Baby Bears and More (August 21)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 17)
- Bear Personalities and Culture (August 16)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 10)
- Bear Cam Tech (August 9)
- More to Explore: Badgers, Belugas, and Bears (August 7)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 3)
- Teenage Life of a Brown Bear (August 2)
- Life and Death of Bear Cubs (July 28)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 27)
- More to Explore: All Aboard the Beluga Boat (July 24)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 20)
- The Bear Hierarchy (July 19)
- More to Explore: On the Ground at Brooks Falls (July 10)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 7)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 6)
- The Extraordinary Life of Salmon (July 5)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (June 29)
- Hungry Like a Bear (June 28)
- More to Explore: Bearcam 101 (June 26)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (June 22)
- Welcome to Bearcam 2023 (June 21)
- More to Explore: Summer Vibes (June 12)
- Get Ready for Bearcam 2023 (June 7)
- More to Explore: New Fox Family (June 5)
- Protecting the Chesapeake Bay (May 24)
- More to Explore: Puffins and More (May 22)
- Family Life of Orca Whales (May 17)
- More to Explore: Neighborhood Nature (May 15)
- More to Explore: Baby Raccoons (May 8)
- More to Explore: Wild Sharks (May 1)
- More to Explore: Osprey Return (April 24)
- More to Explore: Behind the Scenes (April 17)
- Early Life of Bald Eagles (April 12)
- More to Explore: Wren Nest (April 10)
- More to Explore: Egg Watch (April 3)
- More to Explore: Gyrfalcon Sighting (March 27)
- More to Explore: Sweet Penguins (March 13)
- More to Explore: Meet the Eagles (March 6)
- More to Explore: New Animal Live Cams (February 27)
- Florida Manatee Conservation (January 11)
2022
- Muskoxen (December 14)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (October 20)
- Brown Bears and Polar Bears (October 18)
- Katmai Conservancy Fundraiser (October 15)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (October 13)
- Fat Bear Tuesday (October 11)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (October 6)
- Welcome to Fat Bear Week (October 5)
- Fat Bear Week in the Classroom (October 4)
- Fat Bear Week Bracket Reveal (October 3)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 30)
- Brown Bear Language (September 28)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 22)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 8)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 1)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 25)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 18)
- Late Summer Bears (August 17)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 4)
- Bear Cultures and Personalities (August 3)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 28)
- Bear Motherhood and the Life of Cubs (27)
- Bearcam 10-Year Anniversary (July 25)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 21)
- Bear Hierarchy and Dominance (July 20)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 14)
- Brown Bear Mating Season (July 13)
- Impromptu Q&A After Male Bear Attacks Mother and Cubs (July 8)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 7)
- Life of a Salmon (July 6)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (June 30)
- Bear Hunger (June 29)
- Welcome to Bearcam 2022 (June 22)
- Get Ready for Bearcam 2022 (June 13)
- World Migratory Bird Day (May 14)
- The Northern Lights (April 13)
- Bald Eagle Restoration in the Channel Islands (March 23)
- Debunking Bat Myths (March 9)
- The Magnificent Hummingbird (February 23)
- Bear Hibernation (February 16)
- Protecting Endangered Gorillas (January 19)
- How do you create a wolf pack? (January 12)
2021
- Florida Manatee (December 1)
- Sloth Rescue and Rehab (November 12)
- End of Bearcam Season Conversation (November 3)
- Brown Bears and Polar Bears (October 19)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (October 13)
- Brown Bear Celebration (October 9)
- Fat Bear Tuesday (October 5)
- Fat Bear Week in the Classroom (October 5)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (October 4)
- Welcome to Fat Bear Week (September 29)
- Fat Bear Week Bracket Reveal (September 27)
- Salmon: Katmai’s Keystone (September 22)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 20)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 13)
- Late Summer at Brooks River (September 8)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 6)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 23)
- Bear Monitoring and Science at Brooks River (August 11)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 9)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 5)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 30)
- Bear Motherhood and the Life of Cubs (July 28)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 26)
- Resilience of Bears (July 21)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 19)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 15)
- Teenage Life of a Brown Bear (July 14)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 13)
- The Bear Hierarchy (July 12)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 11)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 8)
- Why did Bearcam Go Down? Q&A from Dumpling Mountain (July 7)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 6)
- Fishing Like A Bear (July 2)
- Artificial Intelligence and Other New Technology in Bear Research (June 30)
- Brown Bear Mating Season (June 23)
- Bearcam 2021 Kickoff (June 14)
- Bearcam Preseason Live Chat with Charlie Annenberg (June 2)
- Bison and prairie dogs of Canada’s Grasslands National Park (April 28)
- Bird Courtship (March 24)
- The Bears of Brooks Falls Book Release (March 9)
- Protecting National Parks in an Era of Change (Feb. 24)
- Northern Lights (Feb. 17)
- Hibernation (Jan. 27)
2020
- Bearcam Season Wrap-up with explore.org founder Charlie Annenberg (October 15)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (October 14)
- Fat Bear Tuesday (October 6)
- Fat Bear Week in the Classroom (September 30)
- Fat Bear Week 2020 Bracket Reveal (September 25)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 21)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 14)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 10)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 3)
- Late Summer at Brooks River (September 2)
- Brooks Camp, National Parks, and COVID-19 (August 26)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 24)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 20)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 19)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 17)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 13)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 12)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 10)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 6)
- Teenage Life of a Brown Bear (August 5)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 30)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 29)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 28)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 21)
- The Resilient Bear (July 20)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 16)
- Tech of the Bearcams (July 16)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 14)
- Wolves at Brooks Falls (July 10)
- Fishing Like a Bear (July 9)
- Salmon: Keystone of an Ecosystem (July 8)
- Impromptu Chat about a Dying Bear Cub (July 7)
- The Bear Hierarchy (July 1)
- Welcome to Bearcam 2020 (June 25)
- The Florida Manatee (January 22)
- The Return of the California Condor (January 15)
2019
- Binge-Watching Bears: Using Webcams to Inspire Stewardship (October 17)
- Fat Bear Tuesday 2019 (October 8)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (October 3)
- Welcome to Fat Bear Week 2019 (October 2)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 29)
- Tech of the Bearcams (September 27)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 22)
- Salmon: Katmai’s Keystone (September 20)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 15)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 13)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 8)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 1)
- Atlantic Puffins with Dr. Steve Kress (August 14)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 8)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 26)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 13)
- Bear Monitoring and Research at Brooks River (July 12)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 10)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 9)
- Brooks River Bear Fishing Styles (July 8)
- The Life of Sockeye Salmon (July 7)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 5)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 4)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 2)
- The Bear Hierarchy at Brooks River (July 1)
- Welcome to Bearcam 2019 (June 25)
- Earth Day 2019 (April 22)
2018
- The Meaning of National Parks in Canada and the United States with Melissa Gibbons from Parks Canada (November 14)
- A Brown Bear and Polar Bear Crossover Event (October 19)
- Brown Bear Q & A for Students and Teachers (October 16)
- Fat Bear Week: The Importance of Fat to Bears (October 9)
- Denning and Hibernation (October 4)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 29)
- Katmai Centennial Chat: Katmai and the National Park Idea (September 24)
- Webcams and the National Park Experience (September 20)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play with Live Park Radio Traffic (September 17)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 13)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (September 11)
- Welcome to September at Brooks River (September 6)
- An Exceptional August at Brooks River (August 22)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 7)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 4)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (August 2)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 31)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 27)
- Bearcam Play-by-Play (July 21)
- Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 12)
- Bear Monitoring and Research at Brooks River (July 12)
- Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 11)
- Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 10)
- Bear Fishing Styles (July 10)
- Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 9)
- Brown Bear Hierarchy (July 9)
- Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 8)
- Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 4)
- It’s Complicated: The Brown Bear Mating Season (July 3)
- Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 3)
- Brooks Falls Play-by-Play (July 2)
- Brown Bear Hibernation (June 28)
- Live from Dumpling Mountain (June 25)
- Countdown to 2018 Bearcam Season (June 1)
2017
- Binge-Watching Bears: Webcams and Wildlife Stewardship from the National Association of Interpretation Conference (November 16)
2016
- Denning and Hibernation with Rangers Mike and Roy (February 22)
- Final Live Chat with Rangers Mike and Roy (April 27)
- Basics of Brooks River with Rangers Dave and Mike (June 28)
- Bear Hierarchy and Dominance with Rangers Dave and Mike (June 29)
- Play-by-Play from Brooks Falls with Rangers Dave and Mike (June 29)
- Play-by-Play from Brooks Falls (June 30)
- Play-by-Play from Brooks Falls (July 4)
- Play-by-Play from Brooks Falls (July 6)
- Play-by-Play from Brooks Falls (July 7)
2015
- Intro to 2015 Bearcam Season with Rangers Mike and Roy (June 29)
- Play-by-Play at Brooks Falls (July 9)
- Bear Fishing Styles with Rangers Mike and Roy (July 10)
- Play-by-Play at Brooks Falls (July 15)
- Mothers and Cubs with Rangers Mike and Roy (July 20)
- Dominance and the Bear Hierarchy with Rangers Mike and Roy (July 22)
- Looking Ahead to August with Rangers Mike and Roy (July 31)
- Archeology of Brooks River with Rangers Mike and Linda (August 19)
- Question and Answer from Dumpling Mountain (August 20)
- Impromptu Tour of Brooks Falls (August 27)
- NPS Birthday and Robert Griggs with Rangers Becca and Mike (August 24)
- Exploring Brooks Falls with Rangers Landis and Mike (September 1)
- Play-by-Play from the Mouth of Brooks River (September 17)
- Camping in Bear Country with Rangers Mike and Roy (September 18)
- Katmai’s Birthday with Rangers Mike and Roy (September 24)
- Bear Monitoring at Brooks River with Rangers Leslie and Mike (September 29)
- Final 2015 Live Chat from Brooks River (October 1)
2014
- Impromptu Equipment Test Part 1 and Part 2 (July 16)
- Question and Answer with Rangers Mike and Roy (July 17)
- Question and Answer with Rangers Mike and Roy (July 24)
- Question and Answer with Rangers Mike and Roy (August 22)
- 435 Holly Returns with Adopted Cub (September 5)
- Live Chat with NPS Regional Biologist Grant Hilderbrand (September 9)
- Last Live Chat of 2014 from Dumpling Mountain (October 14)
2013
- Question and Answer with Rangers Mike and Roy (July 22)
- Exploring Brooks Falls (September 10)
- Question and Answer with Rangers Mike and Roy (September 18)
- Bear Monitoring Program at Brooks River with Ranger Leslie and Mike (September 21?)
- Final 2013 Live Chat from Brooks River with Rangers Mike and Roy (September 22?)
- Question and Answer with Rangers Mike and Roy (September 25)
Wandering at Large 