This mountain hare is starting the year off right. It"s used to cold weather and high altitudes—and, since it"s nocturnal, it"s perfectly comfortable sleeping through an afternoon snowstorm in northeast Scotland. On New Year"s Day, humans in the US are more likely to be found in their natural habitat, the couch, dozing off or perhaps watching one of the college football bowl games on TV. Some more ambitious folks might be getting a jump on their New Year"s resolutions and exercising. First Day Hikes are part of an initiative led by state parks, with hundreds of free guided hikes offered in all 50 states. That sounds great, but maybe a little later. Right now, we think the hare has the right idea.
Napping away New Year s Day
Today in History
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A shell of many colors
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A day for the oceans
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A rest stop for the birds
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Celebrating women in science
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A bison preserve
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This grizzly has Napping Day down
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Storseisundet Bridge, Norway
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A place fit for the gods
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Let’s talk fossils
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Dancers perform ‘Revelations’
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Smoking nights in Austria
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Earth at Perihelion
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Lick Observatory
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International Museum Day
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Fall for birding
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Old Rock Day
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Upstate autumn
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Keep watching the skies
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Nazaré Lighthouse
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Maritime forest on Cumberland Island, Georgia
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East River crossing
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Struck by Southwestern beauty
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Patriot Day
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National Mushroom Month
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World Rivers Day
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Honoring some real heroes of World War II
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Monet still makes an impression
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What happened to these clouds?
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Feature Attraction: 85 years at the drive-in