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
Today in History
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National Cherry Blossom Festival
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Prayer flags in Phobjikha Valley, Bhutan
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National Park Week begins
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End of American Wetlands Month
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Old Rock Day
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Sky island views
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Detroit Industry Murals by Diego Rivera
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Birch trees, Drammen, Norway
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A delta in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy
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3, 2, 1 … Happy New Year!
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Migrating wildebeest crossing Mara River in Masai Mara, Kenya
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Sleep tight, little hedgehog
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When science looks like magic
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King of the dinosaurs
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Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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Sweetheart Abbey, Scotland
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At the gates of the ksar
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Albion Falls, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Tolkien Reading Day
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Put your flippers in the air…
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A winter’s holiday ends
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A ‘city’ within Valencia
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Park of the Monsters, Bomarzo, Italy
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Fossil Day
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Honoring the rangers on World Ranger Day
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International Polar Bear Day
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Napping away New Year s Day
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A wheatear in Peak District National Park, England
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Aýna, Albacete, Spain
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American bison
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