Nature: Wood frogs
"Sunday Morning" takes us among wood frogs spawning in the Sourland Mountain Preserve near East Amwell, New Jersey. Videographer: Jeff Reisly.
Nature: Dauphin Island
"Sunday Morning" takes us to Dauphin Island off the Gulf coast of Alabama. Videographer: Scot Miller.
Nature: Elk in North Carolina
"Sunday Morning" takes us among the elk and turkeys at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina. Videographer: Scot Miller.
Nature: Sandhill cranes in Nebraska
"Sunday Morning" takes us to the Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary in Nebraska, where sandhill cranes are on a break from their long trip north. Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard.
Nature: Yosemite National Park
"Sunday Morning" takes us for a walk on the wild side, at California's Yosemite National Park. Videographer: Lance Millbrand.
More Nature Videos
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Nature: Wild horses
We leave you this Sunday Morning among the wild horses of Assateague Island in Maryland. Videographer: Carl Mrozek.
Nature: Sanibel Island
We leave you this Sunday Morning among the birds at J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island off Florida. Videographer: Charles Schultz.
Nature: Elephants
We leave you this Sunday Morning among the elephants of the Ngorongoro Crater in the highlands of Tanzania. Videographer: Lee McEachern.
Nature: Oregon's Painted Hills
We leave you this Sunday Morning in the vast and colorful Painted Hills not far from Mitchell, Oregon. Videographer: Mike Griffith.
Nature: Eagles
We leave you this Sunday Morning before the Fourth of July in Berks County, Pennsylvania, where our national bird, the eagle, flies free. Videographer: Carl Mrozek.
Nature: Bison
We leave you this Sunday Morning where the buffalo roam ... at Custer State Park in South Dakota. Videographer: Brad Markel.
Nature: Komodo dragons
We leave you this Sunday Morning at Komodo National Park in Indonesia, home to the legendary Komodo dragon, and a vast array of sea life. Videographer: Mauricio Handler.
Nature up close: The carnivorous Butterwort plant
Plants that don't rely on photosynthesis for nutrients can employ some tricky tactics to catch a meal, as seen in this close-up view of a Butterwort plant at work. Videographer: Verne Lehmberg.
Nature: Alewives
We leave you this Sunday Morning in Damariscotta, Maine, where the small fish known as Alewives are swimming against the tide. Videographer: Mauricio Handler
Nature: Badgers
We leave you this Sunday Morning at First Peoples Buffalo Jump State Park near Ulm, Montana, where a mother badger is keeping a close eye on her kit. Videographer: Judith Lehmberg
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