Category Archives: Wildlife

Views: Ecuador – Wildlife, Rainforests & Waterfalls

Ecuador is a country straddling the equator on South America’s west coast. Its diverse landscape encompasses Amazon jungle, Andean highlands and the wildlife-rich Galápagos Islands. In the Andean foothills at an elevation of 2,850m, Quito, the capital, is known for its largely intact Spanish colonial center, with decorated 16th- and 17th-century palaces and religious sites, like the ornate Compañía de Jesús Church.

Video timeline: 00:16 – Mindo Valley 00:42 – Pailon del Diablo Waterfall 01:39 – Quilotoa Vulcano Lake 01:59 – Crowned woodnymph bird 02:19 – White-necked jacobin bird 03:07 – Time-lapse of the sky above Quito 03:44 – Cotopaxi National Park 04:57 – Golden tanager bird 05:17 – Andes Mountains 05:38 – Cayambe Volcano 06:23 – Amazon Rainforest

Underwater Views: Marine Coral Reef Wildlife (8K)

A coral reef is an underwater ecosystem characterized by reef-building corals. Reefs are formed of colonies of coral polyps held together by calcium carbonate. Most coral reefs are built from stony corals, whose polyps cluster in groups.

Video timeline: 00:0000:05 Intro 00:0600:13 Seahorse 00:1400:21 Coral reef 00:2200:28 Sea turtle 00:2900:40 Shark 00:4100:48 Octopus 00:4901:00 Lion Fish 01:0101:08 Moray 01:0901:17 Clown Fish and Sea Anemone 01:1801:29 Manta Ray 01:3001:37 Red shrimp 01:3801:48 Jelly Fish 01:4901:58 Sea horse 01:5902:26 Coral reef 02:2702:38 Clown Fish and Sea Anemone 02:3902:50 Turtle eating 02:5103:11 Octopus 03:1203:21 Dolphin 03:2203:31 Sea Turtle 03:3203:42 Star Fish 03:4303:51 Long Arm Octopus 03:5204:04 Scorpion Fish 04:0504:35 Coral reef 04:3604:58 Sea Turtle

Nature Views: Pronghorn Antelope In Montana (CBS)

“Sunday Morning” takes us among pronghorn antelope at play near Virginia City in Montana. Videographer: Brad Markel.

The pronghorn is a species of artiodactyl (even-toed, hoofed) mammal indigenous to interior western and central North America. Though not a true antelope, it is known colloquially in North America as the American antelopeprong buckpronghorn antelopeprairie antelope, or simply antelope because it closely resembles the antelopes of the Old World and fills a similar ecological niche due to parallel evolution. It is the only surviving member of the  family Antilocapridae.

Views: Protecting Brazil’s Golden Lion Tamarin

Concerned by a recent drop in population numbers of the threatened golden lion tamarin, conservationists in Rio de Janeiro state have built a bridge across a busy highway to help the monkeys circulate over a wider forested area.

The golden lion tamarin, also known as the golden marmoset, is a small New World monkey of the family Callitrichidae. Native to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, the golden lion tamarin is an endangered species.

Preview: ‘Alaska’s Call Of The Wild – Kodiak Bears’

Views: Maya Bay In The Phi Phi Islands Of Thailand

It was made famous by the film “The Beach”, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, but in recent years mass tourism has ravaged Thailand’s Maya Bay, located in the idyllic Phi Phi islands. Now, after an extended shutdown amid the Covid-19 pandemic, there are signs that this natural paradise is recovering and, as visitors begin to return, the Thai government and tour operators are keen to avoid the mistakes of the past.

Nature: Buffalo National River, Northern Arkansas

Sunday Morning” takes us to the banks of the Buffalo National River in northern Arkansas. Videographer: Scot Miller.

The Buffalo River, located in Northern Arkansas, was the first National River to be designated in the United States. The Buffalo River is 153 miles long. The lower 135 miles flow within the boundaries of an area managed by the National Park Service, where the stream is designated the Buffalo National River.

Nature Views: Rainforests & Wildlife In Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a rugged, rainforested Central American country with coastlines on the Caribbean and Pacific. Though its capital, San Jose, is home to cultural institutions like the Pre-Columbian Gold Museum, Costa Rica is known for its beaches, volcanoes, and biodiversity. Roughly a quarter of its area is made up of protected jungle, teeming with wildlife including spider monkeys and quetzal birds.