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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Papagayo Beach, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain
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‘Hello’ from zero degrees longitude
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Seven Magic Mountains art installation, Jean Dry Lake, Nevada
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May the Fourth be with you…
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Of moose and Maine
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Chicagohenge
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Gone ‘lightseeing’ in Berlin
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Art in the chapel
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Après-ski in the Dolomites
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Sunny day, sweepin the clouds away
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Three Natural Bridges, Wulong Karst, China
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Kissing Day
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Lake Tai s cherry trees in bloom
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Iceland awaits the Yule Lads
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National Take a Hike Day
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Penguins can t fly!
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Happy Fathers Day!
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Piazza IX Aprile, Taormina, Sicily, Italy
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Spring awakens
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Val Gardena, South Tyrol, Dolomites, Italy
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Presidents Day
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Mardi Gras
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Black History Month
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Take a break! It s Labor Day!
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Johnston Canyon in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada
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Don t go chasing waterfalls
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25th anniversary of September 11, 2001
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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