You’re looking at a satellite view of Florida’s Everglades, the largest subtropical wilderness in the US. It’s not a static wetland, but rather a ‘river of grass,’ a slow-moving river 60 miles wide and 100 miles long. Keep zooming in and you’ll likely see sawgrass marshes, mangrove trees, tropical birds, and a gator or two. Among the myriad interesting things about this unique and fragile ecosystem—it’s the only place in the world where American alligators and American crocodiles co-exist. How do you tell the difference between the two? Well, you see one later and the other after a while. (See what we did there?)
National Park Week: Everglades National Park
Today in History
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Penguins can t fly!
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The Tour de France begins
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A big birthday for Big Bend
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It s Independence Day
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Surf s always up in Paia
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‘The memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever’
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Tafilalet oasis in Morocco
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Reflections of the night sky
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Jan van Eyckplein in Bruges, Belgium
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Albion Falls, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
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Arbor Day
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Mute swans
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Stepping into autumn
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The wild heart of Tasmania
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Eastern grey kangaroos in Australia’s Kosciuszko National Park
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It s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Happy Pi Day!
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Independence Day
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Maritime forest on Cumberland Island, Georgia
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Aït Benhaddou, Morocco
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A day of death and rebirth
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A learning garden
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National Park Week: Canyonlands National Park, Utah
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Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
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Happy Bee Day to you
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Happy birthday to the Peak!
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Classical music takes center stage
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The meeting point of the winds