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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Happy Holi!
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A theatrical dream
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Great Backyard Bird Count
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A leafy seadragon in the waters off Wool Bay, Australia
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Death Valley National Park, California
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Pamukkale, Turkey
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Indigenous Peoples Day
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Celebrating the Day of the Dead
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Happy Diwali!
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Presidents Day in America’s front yard
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GOAL!
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Bardenas Reales Biosphere Reserve and Natural Park, Spain
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Zion National Park, Utah
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Step into the dark
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The ruins of Italica, Andalusia, Spain
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Let s get lost
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Whooper swans in Lake Kussharo, Japan
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Haghartsin Monastery, Armenia
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Welcome to the Year of the Pig
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Salmon migration in full swing
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Panda Day
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A bohemian feline
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Glacial spires in the fog
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Ardez, Graubunden, Switzerland
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The Pearl of Siberia
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American robin
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Under Parisian skies
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Amphitheatre of El Jem, Tunisia
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Mysterious prairie mounds abound
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Mediterranean red sea stars
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