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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Total solar eclipse
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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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National Park Week begins
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Lake Bled, Slovenia
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Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the Louvre Pyramid
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Entoloma hochstetteri mushroom at Lake Mahinapua, New Zealand
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I ll call for pen and ink
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Point Reyes National Seashore, California
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Monarch butterflies in Angangueo, Mexico
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A memorial in Germany
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Take the stairs
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Hey, don t you guys have somewhere to be?
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Aprils full moon
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Spread some love with Bing
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Apple Tree Day
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World Bicycle Day
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The Wall for Peace
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Citizenship Day and Constitution Day
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Fall comes to the Last Frontier
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Class, please take out a No. 2 pencil…
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Goliath heron in Kruger National Park, South Africa
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Is that a smile?
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Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
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Happy birthday, Capitol Reef National Park
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Tortula moss, Netherlands
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Welcome to ‘Hollywood North’
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World Environment Day
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National Napping Day
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Santo Antão Island in the Republic of Cabo Verde