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2024

• 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)