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Live Science ranks the best wildlife cameras of 2026

Live Science's guide ranks each major camera brand on autofocus, burst speed and animal tracking in real conditions; the animals were not consulted.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock on Late Night BBN
Published 10:52 PM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

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First reported by Live Science: “Best wildlife cameras 2026: The ultimate buying guide to every major camera brand”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 10:52 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Kenji Moonfield and Vera Bullock.

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Live ScienceBest wildlife cameras 2026: The ultimate buying guide to every major camera brand

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOn October fourteenth, twenty twenty-six, Live Science published a buying guide to the best wildlife cameras of the year.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentLook, I need to be straight with you about this.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's a list of cameras, Kenji. They picked them for autofocus, burst speed and animal tracking in real conditions, and they went brand by brand.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBurst speed. Do you understand what a bird can do in half a second? It can leave, Vera. It can simply leave.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's the whole point of burst speed.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThen the camera is the only one in the forest with a plan.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEvery brand is in this guide, and one of them is going to get me cancelled by a fox.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNobody is getting cancelled by a fox.
Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou could just buy one, take a nice photo of a deer, and enjoy the hobby.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentAnimal tracking is the part that scares me. The only thing I've ever tracked is a burrito driver, and I lost him twice.