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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A good time in the Badlands
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Badlands National Park turns 44
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Three Musketeers Falls at Iguazú Falls, Argentina
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World Teachers Day
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A hero for the 21st century
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Blue-footed booby, Galápagos Islands
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In Sicily, history is everywhere
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Elephant Rock, Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia
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Mountain goats at Glacier National Park in Montana
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Sweet! It’s maple syrup season
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That s quite a schnoz, baby tapir
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The snows of Fuji
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Happy Independence Day!
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The ruins of a Maya superpower
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Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada
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It s Coffee Day
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Flock online for the Great Backyard Bird Count
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Till the cows come home
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Mountain hare hopping into Lunar New Year
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Astrotourism at its finest
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Who s hiding in the kelp?
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Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park shines
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Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau castles, Bavaria, Germany
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Irohazaka road
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