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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Let the harvest begin
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Travels to the Oregon deep
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Zelenci Nature Reserve, Slovenia
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A tribute to the ancestors
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Happy Easter!
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A state-of-the-art lookout on the Rock of Gibraltar
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World Space Week
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Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
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Rainbow River, Rainbow Springs State Park, Florida
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Ardez, Graubunden, Switzerland
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Kluane National Park
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Gone ‘lightseeing’ in Berlin
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Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
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World Penguin Day
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Life carries on, rising from a ship s skeleton
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A viewer with a view
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Ingenuity in action on the Santa Monica Pier
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National Hummingbird Day
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Next stop, Tofino
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Cool water in the Quinault
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My my, it s Syttende Mai
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Tour de France begins
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Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument anniversary
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Go with the rainbow flow
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Bryce Canyon National Park turns 100
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Classical music takes center stage
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Pollinator Week
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Wilderness Act anniversary
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Three cheers for polar bears!
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A. M. Foster Bridge in Cabot, Vermont