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Top Snapshots of the Week!

Once again, you explorers blow us away with the amazing snapshots you take every single day! Here are our top photos from this week! We can’t wait to see what photos you snap next week! Click here to see ALL the gorgeous snapshots taken by our community!

Live Chat with Mpala & Adam Ferguson!

Mark your calendars! Mpala will be hosting a live chat with Adam Ferguson this Thursday, March 23rd, at 10 am PST!    Adam Ferguson is an evolutionary ecologist interested in the natural history, conservation, and disease of small carnivores (members of the order Carnivora < 15 kg). He is currently the head of head of the Laikipia Rabies

Brown Bears: Spring Emergence

By Mike Fitz After a long winter, Katmai rouses in March and April. Daylight lengthens as the sun creeps progressively higher in the sky. Thaw weakens ice on ponds, lakes, and rivers. Flower buds open on willows, monopolizing the attention of queen bumblebees. Migratory songbirds begin to arrive and hibernating animals stir in their dens.

CamOp Photo Contest Winners for January!

Our volunteer camera operators always capture the best moments on our live cams! See our January winners below! First Place:  Bald eagle at the Gray Seals platform By CamOp Fawn Runner Ups: Northern Lights Studies Center By CamOp Doug Mpala Watering Hole By CamOp Benn Honorable Mentions: Fruit Bats By CamOp Kwaahu Great Horned Owl at

panda toddlers eating bamboo

Happy Thanksgiving! Pics of Panda Toddlers Devouring Pounds of Bamboo

When it comes to eating bamboo, this is how it’s done. Panda toddlers Xing An and Gong Gong got some big bamboo shoots to eat. They loved every bite of them too! Check out the pics from Panda Cam #3 captured by Cam Op Lee.

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