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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A big place to shop small
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Happy International Beaver Day!
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What does the fox dream?
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Observing World Braille Day in Bavaria
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Celebrating the Acadians
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World Population Day
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Storseisundet Bridge, Norway
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Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, California
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Atolls in the Maldives
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Southern lights for Antarctica Day
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Art and soul
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Little Pigeon River, Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee
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One giant leap for penguins
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The most wonderful day of the year. Period.
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Celebrating Minnesota’s statehood
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Juneteenth
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Sand, sun, and sk8ers
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Crescent-tail bigeye fish, Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Not your average sandcastle
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International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
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Summer Olympics begin in Paris
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National Park Service Founders Day
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Bellissima!
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Join us in celebrating World Water Day
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World Reef Awareness Day
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A different view of sharks
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Montreux, Switzerland, and all that jazz
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Travel Sunday: Liverpool
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Hey, don t you guys have somewhere to be?
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Arromanches-les-Bains for the 81st anniversary of D-Day
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