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When the Sky Turns Gray: How Wildfire Smoke Affects Birds and Wildlife

WildWatch Weekly When the Sky Turns Gray: How Wildfire Smoke Affects Birds and Wildlife Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube When the Sky Turns Gray: How Wildfire Smoke Affects Birds and Wildlife Step outside in the Pittsburgh area today and the change is difficult to miss. The sky has lost some of its familiar summer blue, distant hills look faded, and the air may carry the faint smell of something burning, even though the fires are hundreds of miles away. Smoke from Canadian wildfires...

Painted by Nature: The Incredible Story of Africa’s Painted Dogs

WildWatch Weekly Painted by Nature: The Incredible Story of Africa's Painted Dogs Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube Painted by Nature: The Incredible Story of Africa's Painted Dogs African Painted Dogs are among the most fascinating animals we've had the privilege of capturing on our Majete Wildlife Reserve cameras in Malawi. Every sighting is exciting because these remarkable predators are not only beautiful, they're also one of Africa's rarest carnivores. For many people in the...

When the Heat Is On: How Birds Survive Summer’s Hottest Days

WildWatch Weekly When the Heat Is On: How Birds Survive Summer's Hottest Days Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube When the Heat Is On: How Birds Survive Summer's Hottest Days Summer has certainly arrived. Across much of the country, temperatures have climbed into the 90s and beyond, with heat indices making it feel even hotter. While many of us escape into air-conditioned homes or seek relief in the shade, the birds visiting our backyards don't have that luxury. Yet every summer, they...

Three Wings Take Flight: A Milestone at the U.S. Steel Eagle Nest

WildWatch Weekly Three Wings Take Flight: A Milestone at the U.S. Steel Eagle Nest Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube A Historic Season Along the Monongahela The 2026 nesting season at the United States Steel Corporation bald eagle nest near the Monongahela River has come to a successful and historic close. All three eaglets—USS9, USS10, and USS11—successfully fledged, giving eagle watchers a season they will not soon forget. This was the first time three eggs hatched at this specific...

A Victory for Conservation: Rare Pangolin Spotted in Majete Reserve

WildWatch Weekly A Victory for Conservation: Rare Pangolin Spotted in Majete Reserve Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube A Mysterious Visitor Every so often, one of our cameras captures something truly extraordinary. This week, one of the remote cameras on our Majete Watch network recorded a species that few visitors to Africa ever have the privilege of seeing, a pangolin. The sighting occurred during the darkness of night as the animal quietly moved through the frame, unaware that it was...

Majete Watch: AI-Powered Live Stream Wildlife Detection System

WildWatch Weekly Majete Watch: AI-Powered Live Stream Wildlife Detection System Live Cams Donate Store Facebook YouTube A Reserve That Came Back From the Brink — And a System Built to Protect It There are places in the world where conservation has not just worked — it has transformed an entire landscape. Majete Wildlife Reserve in southwestern Malawi is one of them. And now, thanks to a first-of-its-kind technology platform built by PixCams, Inc., that transformation can be witnessed,...

The Nursery Awakens: Big Brown Bat Pups Expected Soon

WildWatch Weekly The Nursery Awakens: Big Brown Bat Pups Expected Soon Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube A Hidden Nursery Above the Barn High above the floor of an old barn at the Westmoreland Land Trust Schwarz Property, something remarkable is happening once again. Tucked into the warm wooden rafters, a colony of big brown bats is preparing for one of the most important moments of the year, the arrival of a new generation of pups. For the past several weeks, our live streaming...

A Difficult Week at Glen Hazel: Remembering the Loss of the Eaglets

WildWatch Weekly A Difficult Week at Glen Hazel: Remembering the Loss of the Eaglets Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube When Watching Nature Becomes Heartbreaking For 14 years, the Glen Hazel bald eagle nest has been a place of hope, wonder, and connection. Through changing seasons, fierce storms, successful hatchings, and unforgettable fledging moments, this nest has brought thousands of viewers closer to the wild heart of Pittsburgh. This past week, however, brought something...

From Pennsylvania to Malawi, Africa: Cameras with a Conservation Mission

WildWatch Weekly From Pennsylvania to Malawi, Africa: Cameras with a Conservation Mission Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube Elephant in Majete Wildlife Reserve Innovation in the Service of Conservation When the opportunity arose to bring live-streaming wildlife cameras to Majete Wildlife Reserve in Malawi, Africa, it was the kind of project that immediately resonated with who we are at PixCams, Inc.. Over the past year, we’ve been developing a new generation of remote camera...

Lights Out for Migration: Helping Songbirds Find Their Way in the Dark

WildWatch Weekly Lights Out for Migration: Helping Songbirds Find Their Way in the Dark Live Cams Latest Posts Store Facebook YouTube While We Sleep, the Sky Comes Alive Most of us experience birds as part of the daytime world, bright flashes of color at the feeder, familiar songs drifting from the treetops, or the steady glide of wings across a blue sky. But as evening settles in and the last calls fade, something remarkable begins to take shape above us. The night sky, which feels still and...