Habitat Live started in 2019 as a single camera aimed at a bird feeder. People kept leaving it open in a background tab, so we added another camera, then another. Today we aggregate feeds from reserves, aquariums, universities and independent field researchers into one place that is calm to watch and free of clutter.
We do not run ads or sell data. Cameras are provided by partners who care about the animals first; we handle the boring parts — transcoding, edge caching, uptime — so a researcher in the field can share a view without worrying about traffic. When a feed gets popular, our bandwidth bill goes up, not theirs.
Every camera on Habitat Live is placed with the permission of the people who manage that habitat. We blur exact locations of sensitive nests and dens, and we take feeds down during breeding windows when a partner asks. The wild comes first; the stream is just a window.