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Growing Up | Born in the Rockies

Fox Hunts Prey Deep Under Snow

This young fox is on the hunt, searching for prey deep under the snow. The real trick to this hunt is finding prey. How do you hunt an animal you cannot see?

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Growing Up | Born in the Rockies

Meet the Kangaroo Rat

At the base of the dunes, this kangaroo rat is just beginning his day. This nocturnal rodent hops like a kangaroo and has the appearance of a rat, but he is neither.

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First Steps | Born in the Rockies

Lost Young Goat Searches for Mom

While the mother mountain goats feed, the young mountain goats play and learn important life skills. When the mothers come to collect their young, one young goat loses track of his mother.

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First Steps | Born in the Rockies

How do Bulls Battle over Mates?

This time of year, bulls are competing for the right to breed. They display their fitness in the most dramatic fashion.

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First Steps | Born in the Rockies

Tiny Crane Chick’s First Moments

For this crane family, the raising of their young has just begun. And like many first-time parents, these crane parents learn through experience.

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The Elephant and the Termite

The Fish That Breathes Air

A lungfish spends each dry season asleep underground, waiting for the waters to arrive before emerging. As the waterhole dries up at the end of the wet season, it will bury down to spend the dry season safely cocooned in the mud.

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Season of the Osprey

Making of “Season of the Osprey”

Filmmaker Jacob Steinberg reflects on the long process of making “Season of the Osprey,” exploring the challenges of working in the ospreys’ element, and gaining the trust of the subjects in order to capture the truly intimate coverage unique to the film.

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The Elephant and the Termite

Small Bird Narrowly Escapes Eagle’s Clutches

Ten million red-billed quelea rest at the waterhole during their migration. These small birds are prey for larger birds, including steppe eagles. One quelea escapes the jaws of a terrapin only to be spotted by an eagle and must hide in a log before attempting ...

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The Elephant and the Termite

Tiny Dung Beetle Ping-Pongs Up Termite Mound

The mound the termites abandoned might not look much of a threat, but to a dung beetle, it’s a mountain whose slopes are covered with pitfall traps. A dung beetle is a walnut-sized package of determination, but he is also upside down pushing backwards so ...

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