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
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International Archaeology Day
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World Nature Conservation Day
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Rumelihisarı in Istanbul, Türkiye
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Happy Easter!
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Sea Otter Awareness Week
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World Water Day
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Looking back on 150 years of rail travel
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Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida
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Storks ready for takeoff
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A day for our oceans
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Christmas Eve
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Ponta Delgada
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Porthcawl Lighthouse, Wales, UK
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A holiday beacon of light
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World Bee Day
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Sutherland Falls in Fiordland National Park
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Ring-tailed lemur
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National Aviation Day
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Honoring the fallen
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Celebrating the Acadians
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The Millennium at 20