Humpback whales are famous for breaching—leaping out of the water in a spectacular display of size and power. Even though they can weigh more than a house and stretch to 50 feet in length, they still manage aquatic acrobatics that are amazing to behold, as the picture on our homepage captures so beautifully. Scientists don"t know why some whales breach but speculate it"s a form of communication or a mating display. Or maybe they"re just having fun.
Summertime in Alaska
Today in History
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Chilling out in the Arctic
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May the Fourth be with you…
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Groundhog Day arrives—beyond a shadow of a doubt
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It’s Penguin Awareness Day
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An enduring vision
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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
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Deep in the North Woods wetlands
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’Chess on ice’
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Mercury in retrograde
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Womens History Month
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Bandon Beach in Bandon, Oregon
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Land ho in New Zealand 250 years ago
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A little bit of Wonderland in New York City
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Happy Syttende Mai!
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Happy Pi Day!
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It s Bermuda s big day
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A unique perspective from Italy’s ‘golden sands’
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Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
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Wild garlic in bloom at Hainich National Park, Germany
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Working for that cliffside view
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A treaty for science
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Isla del Pescado on the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
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The old guard at Old San Juan
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A peek at an explosive peak
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Design for Each and All
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Can you see the family resemblance?
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Wander the ancient medina
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Ready, set, read
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Autumn equinox
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