Live Animal Webcams
What animal webcams show
Animal webcams are about the animals themselves, wherever they live: farms and stables, shelters, zoos, nesting sites and the wild. The frame may hold a litter of puppies, a herd at a waterhole or a barn full of goats.
Animals rarely perform on cue, and that is part of the appeal. Long quiet stretches give way to bursts of activity at feeding time, when the young start to play or when something startles the group. If the frame looks empty, the animals have usually just moved out of view; checking back a little later is the most reliable strategy.
Daily rhythms differ from species to species. Farm animals are busiest in the morning and evening, many wild animals at dawn and dusk, and some only at night, which is why certain cameras switch to infrared after dark. Spring and early summer are the season of births, when nest and den cameras draw the most viewers.
