Graceful, powerful and impossible to miss—the northern gannet is the largest seabird on the waters of the North Atlantic. It spends most of its time gliding over open seas and returning to land only to breed. These seabirds, known for their vast and noisy breeding colonies, called gannetries, nest on steep cliffs, remote rocky islands and sea stacks that rise from the ocean.
Northern gannets, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Today in History
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And so it begins!
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New Years Eve
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Earth Day
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National Mushroom Day
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Tasmans Arch, Tasman National Park, Tasmania, Australia
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Es Vedrà and Es Vedranell, Ibiza, Spain
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Belém Tower, Lisbon, Portugal
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International Mountain Day
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Edmonton Folk Festival
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Capilano Suspension Bridge Park, Vancouver, British Columbia
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Limpets at low tide on the coast of Praia da Ursa, Portugal
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International Day of Light
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Keukenhof Gardens, Lisse, Netherlands
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Porthcawl lighthouse, Wales, United Kingdom
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Who’s snoozing?
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Mount Fuji on Honshu Island, Japan
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Part science experiment, part public park
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Dragon tails trail to the sea
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Sassnitz lighthouse, Rügen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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Rocks and sand in the Sahara, Algeria
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Lava flows spill into the ocean on Big Island, Hawaii, USA
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Val Brandet, Brescia, Lombardy, Italy
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American Red Cross pioneers
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Protecting the gentle giants
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Río Negro, Amazon basin, Brazil
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Château de Sully-sur-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France
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A traboule in Lyon, France
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Plains zebra foal in Etosha National Park, Namibia
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World Oceans Day
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