To get us in the Halloween mood, we"re offering a seldom-seen sight—the Blakiston"s fish owl. Considered the largest of all living owls—about the size of a fire hydrant with a 6-foot wingspan—it"s among the rarest of owls, too. Experts estimate only a few thousand of these elusive birds remain, scattered in pockets of dense old-growth forests in northern Japan, the Russian Far East, northeastern China, and potentially North Korea.
Who s there? The largest owl in the world
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Making it work—in Norway
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New beginnings
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A showcase for future fame
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Riding the bore tide at Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska
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Look to the north sky tonight for the Perseids
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Looking back on 150 years of rail travel
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Terraced rice fields, Yuanyang County, China
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It s Teacher Appreciation Week
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Saint Andrews Day
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World Rainforest Day
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A house of grand scale(s)
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Flock together for Cousins Day
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International Day of the World s Indigenous Peoples
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World Space Week
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International Day for Monuments and Sites
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Ceremony Hall at Sweden s Icehotel
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Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
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Blink and you ll miss it
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World Architecture Day
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Fall for Chile
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Storseisundet Bridge, Norway
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Eurasian scops owl
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Celebrating the first day of spring
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Saguaro cacti, Ironwood Forest National Monument, Arizona
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Happy Independence Day!
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National Park Week begins
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Thomas Edison s bright idea
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Bangkok, Thailand
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Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, England
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Great horned owl fledglings