Nature: Lake Michigan
We leave you this Sunday along the sandy shore of Lake Michigan, at Illinois Beach State Park. Videographer: Jamie McDonald.
Nature: Horseshoe crabs in Florida
We leave you this Sunday morning among horseshoe crabs at Gator Creek, near Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Videographer: Doug Jensen.
Nature: Wildflowers in Ohio
We leave you this Sunday morning surrounded by wildflowers near Toledo, Ohio. Videographer: Alex Goetz.
Nature: The waters of Indonesia
We leave you this Sunday swimming with the fishes at Komodo National Marine Park in Indonesia. Videographer: Mauricio Handler.
Nature: Wisconsin river views
We leave you this Sunday on the Plover River in Steven's Point, Wisconsin. Videographer: Scot Miller.
More Nature Videos
More Nature Videos
Nature: Galápagos Tortoises
We leave you this Sunday with giant tortoises on Santa Cruz Island, in Ecuador's Galápagos National Park. Videographer: Alan Golds.
Nature: Yosemite's "firefall"
We leave you this Sunday at California's Yosemite National Park (closed by snow this year), where last year's "firefall" – when the falls are lit by the setting sun – was one for the ages. Videographer: Lance Milbrand.
Nature: Elk in Idaho
We leave you this Sunday morning with elk on the rugged hillside above the Salmon River, not far from Riggins, Idaho. Videographer: Hank Heusinkveld.
Nature: Swans in New York
We leave you this Sunday morning with migrating tundra swans in western New York state. Videographer: Carl Mrozek.
Nature: Devil's Tower
We leave you this Sunday morning at Devil's Tower in Wyoming, our first National Monument, so designated by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard.
Nature: Grand Canyon National Park
We leave you this Sunday morning not far from tonight's Super Bowl, on the south rim of Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Videographer: Scot Miller.
Nature: Monarch butterflies in California
We leave you this Sunday morning among Monarch butterflies in Pacific Grove, California. Videographer: Lance Milbrand.
Nature: White Mountains of New Hampshire
We leave you this Sunday morning in a snowstorm, in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Videographer: Scot Miller.
Nature: Elephants in Tanzania
We leave you this Sunday morning with some elephants enjoying the mud at Tanzania's Tarangire River. Videographer: Lee McEachern.
Nature: Songbirds in snow
We leave you this Sunday with songbirds in the snowy woods near Buffalo, N.Y. Videographer: Carl Mrozek.
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Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson on the musical alchemy of "Song Sung Blue"
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Fear of flying: Faith Salie on Secretary Duffy and the pajama resistance
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