They"ve long been treated as threats, portrayed as villains, and brutally hunted for their edible fins, so we think it"s only fair that sharks get their own day. Shark Awareness Day is meant to highlight the importance of the most fearsome fish in nature, from little dwarf lantern sharks to great whites to these blacktip reef sharks cruising the Tahitian coast.
A different view of sharks
Today in History
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Where the bearded reedling sings
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National Trails Day
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White Sands National Park turns 90
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Glacial rivers in Iceland
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Churún Merú waterfall in Venezuela
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World Sea Turtle Day
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A storied trail marks a century
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Portland celebrates its bounty
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Mont-Saint Michel during high tide, Normandy, France
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A splash by the sea
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National Poinsettia Day
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A winter’s holiday ends
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The ‘Night of Nights’
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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Muniellos Nature Reserve
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Celebrating World Water Day
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A century since Tut s tomb was discovered
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Here comes summer
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Tintern Abbey, Wales
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World Elephant Day
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Atlantic puffin, Iceland
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Infrared Jupiter, erupting Io
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Walk the line
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Cumberland Island National Seashore
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Happy St. Patricks Day!
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Pi Day
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Earthrise on Moon Day
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A Latino art exhibition in Denver
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Tafilalet oasis in Morocco
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A dreamy start to the Year of the Pig
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