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The world’s largest live nature network 🌎 Home of the Katmai National Park #BearCam 🐻

 Los Angeles, CA
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Sketching some bears from the bear cam! 🐻🐟
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Katmai is where legends and lunkers are made. Every summer, brown bears at Katmai National Park & Preserve gather for an all-you-can-eat salmon buffet. The road to Fat Bear Week starts here: explore.org/livecams/brown-b… Video by @exploreorg

Katmai BearCam is Back!

Brown bears gather at Brooks Falls to feast on salmon and bulk load for winter.

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Happy birthday, polar bear cubs! Right now, mother polar bears with newborn cubs are snuggling in their snow dens. Cubs are typically born around New Years. The mom & cubs will stay snuggled up in their dens for the next ~3 months, & will emerge around mid-March. Learn more ⬇️
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Join us today at 1pm CT for a live chat on the tundra! Tune in to learn about how we are supporting human-polar bear coexistence, developing new tools, testing existing equipment, and helping share and spread knowledge across the north. pbears.org/tundra-connection…
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It's Polar Bear Week! 🐻‍❄️ We have an exciting week ahead, join us! Tune into our Tundra Connections webcasts, live from the tundra, watch our @exploreorg live polar bear cams, and learn more about Polar Bear Week: pbears.org/polarbearweek
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🐻 The battle of the chonks has arrived: It’s Fat Bear Week 2025. Will 128 Grazer pull off a three-peat? You can vote for the fattest bear on @exploreorg’s website until Sept. 30. wapo.st/47T9ff2
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Fat Bear Week Bracket Reveal September 22 | 7 PM Eastern | 4 PM Pacific explore.org/livecams/brown-b… Voting starts TOMORROW!!
Mock-up of fat bear week bracket waiting to reveal bears competing.

ALT Mock-up of fat bear week bracket waiting to reveal bears competing.

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This summer, as salmon swam upstream at Katmai National Park’s Brooks Falls and turned the river into an all-you-can-eat buffet for bears, more than 15 million people tuned in on live nature webcams. cbsn.ws/3Is51Rh
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While some bears are staying out on the last remaining sea ice of the season to try & get a few more meals, many bears are already on shore near Churchill. This curious bear was seen on our Cape Cam. See bears & other wildlife on our @exploreorg live cams: pbears.org/polarbearcams
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It's not just Atlantic Puffins that you can spot relaxing on the loafing ledge. What other species have you seen on our @exploreorg cams? Check it out live: bit.ly/2rhstFY)
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We should measure cars by moosepower instead of horsepower. 🫎

There is Strong, and Then There is Moose Strong!

A moose swims across a fast-flowing river and safely makes it to land on the other side.

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Nest maintenance is tiring work! Sometimes, the puffin on the @exploreorg cam gets so exhausted from redecorating her burrow that she stops for a nap mid-remodel. Catch adorable moments like this here: bit.ly/2EGzZDV
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Every year, hundreds of thousands of Sandhill Cranes visit Nebraska in one of Earth's greatest migration spectacles. You can watch the action live from @rowesanctuary thanks to @exploreorg: bit.ly/3Yj52eS
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Want to experience the beauty of Sandhill Crane migration at Audubon's @rowesanctuary from the comfort of your home? Check them out via our live crane cam with @exploreorg! bit.ly/42Xux6P
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Did you know a group of polar bears is called a celebration? Our team spotted this sweet celebration of 4 bears hanging out together on the tundra 🎥: Captured November 12 on our @exploreorg live cam
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We're thrilled to share our polar bear cams in partnership with @exploreorg are live for the season! Tune in to our 5 polar bear cams to watch the migration live from the tundra all season. pbears.org/polarbearcams
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As #FatBearWeek begins, @exploreorg bear cam viewers are dealing with difficult realities about the lives of wild brown bears. For @SmithsonianMag, I wrote about the King of @KatmaiNPS, 480 Otis. Wherever he is, he is forever in our hearts. smithsonianmag.com/science-n…

The Chonky Superstar of Fat Bear Week Is Missing, and the Competition Won't Be the Same Without Him

While other bears battled over fish in a prime spot, Otis would sit off to the side and wait for the fish to come to him. But so far this year, he hasn’t been spotted in Katmai National Park and...

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Watch: Voting has started in the annual Fat Bear Week contest at Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve, with viewers picking their favorite among a dozen brown bears fattened up to survive the winter.

Online voting in Alaska's Fat Bear Week contest starts

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During #FatBearWeek, your job is to vote and decide who will wear the crown. Vote daily from 8 am - 5 pm AKDT at fatbearweek.org!
Graphic with a brown bear surrounded by text “Fat Bear Week, my job is just fat bear, and Katmai National Park and Preserve.”

ALT Graphic with a brown bear surrounded by text “Fat Bear Week, my job is just fat bear, and Katmai National Park and Preserve.”

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Our class in CA has been preparing for #FatBearWeek! @exploreorg
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