Take a stroll along almost any marina from Costa Rica to Alaska, and you"ll likely hear the playful barks of sea lions echo through the air. California sea lions, like the one pictured, are a common sight basking in the sun along the rocky shores of North America"s western coast. These marine mammals, belonging to the pinniped group, are often mistaken for seals. An easy way to distinguish between them is by looking at their ears—sea lions have visible flaps, seals don"t.
Sea lion in a kelp forest, Baja California, Mexico
Today in History
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Birds of a feather
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A notorious gunfight that was incorrectly named
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Horseshoe Bend, Arizona
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Happy Cinco de Mayo!
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It’s Art Deco Weekend in Miami
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A water loch-ed castle
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Tombeau du Géant in Bouillon, Belgium
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Hallstatt, Austria
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Arrr! Can you talk like a pirate?
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Wicker fields in Cañamares, Spain
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Cloudy with a chance of enlightenment
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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Colorful houses of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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The Crown of the Continent
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Festivus
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Blue hour in Trondheim, Norway
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International Sloth Day
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International Literacy Day
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A truly American monument
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Blue paradise on the Costa Brava
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Let the games begin
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Gemsbok in Namibian sand dunes
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The National Museum of the American Indian
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Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York
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Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington
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Lucian Blaga National Theater, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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Lick Observatory
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Light show at the skatepark
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Mid-Autumn Festival
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Dunquin Pier, County Kerry, Ireland
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