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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Siblings Day
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Taking the forest to the cloud
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Go with the rainbow flow
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Apple Tree Day
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Bear Hole Brook, Catskill Mountains, New York
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Aw shucks, It s Oyster Day
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On the Route of the Waterfalls
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park turns 103
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It’s showtime for a precious crop
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World Space Week begins
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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Russell lupines, Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
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Nesting season for the leatherbacks
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Cranborne Chase, England
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Karlovy Vary, Bohemia, Czechia
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Looking down on the Otter
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A yearly sign that spring has sprung
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Who s wearing such cute hats?
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Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota
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Happy Juneteenth!
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Cape Town at dusk
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An iris garden in Tokyo, Japan
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World Wildlife Day
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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World Otter Day
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The otherworldly red river
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47 years of Badlands National Park
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Corona Arch near Moab, Utah
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Bodie State Historic Park, California
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Aerial view of Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Spain
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