Today marks the fifth anniversary of World Wildlife Day, the United Nations-backed celebration of all the animals that share our planet. And this is the first year that World Wildlife Day is focusing on marine life. Fin whales, like the one in our photo today, are listed as ‘vulnerable’ on the conservation status rankings. So, they’re threatened by climate change, pollution, shipping, and other concerns, but they’ve bounced back from the brink since the early 1900s, by which time centuries of whaling crews had hunted fin whales to near extinction.
Fin whales: A success story
Today in History
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A glimpse of the Blue Forest
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Big Bend National Parks birthday
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In search of roadside attractions on ‘America’s Highway’
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Prince Christian Sound in southern Greenland
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The Kelpies statues in Falkirk, Scotland
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Antarctica Day
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The moon rises for Mid-Autumn Festival
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Great hornbill, Thailand
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Sunlight sets Iceland s Eyjafjallajökull aglow
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Dancing waters of Dubai
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Halo around the sun
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Dancers perform ‘Revelations’
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Channel Country, Australia
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Trunks stick together
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Reflecting on one of the world s strangest rivers
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Siblings that play together…
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Keep calm and drive on (slowly)
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Darwin s Arch
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National Mountain Climbing Day
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World Bicycle Day
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It’s Opening Day for Major League Baseball
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Golden jellyfish in Jellyfish Lake, Palau
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Corfe gets creepy
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A century since Tut s tomb was discovered
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Make your list and check it twice
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Notes from an underground lake
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World Children s Day
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National Moon Day
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Aqueduct, Arkadia Park, Poland
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Yarn for Distaff Day