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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World Rhinoceros Day
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Happy Easter!
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Petroglyphs near Fruita in Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, United States
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The world’s greatest oasis?
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Mount Hamilton, San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States
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81st anniversary of D-Day
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Endangered Species Day
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Italica, an old Roman city in Santiponce, Andalusia, Spain
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Pollinator Week
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The Canadian National Exhibition is here!
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World Ski and Snowboard Festival
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National Napping Day
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Amber waves of grain
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Badlands National Park, South Dakota, United States
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Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising
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Fragrant fields as far as the eye can see
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Siblings Day
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Pushkar Camel Fair
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Annas hummingbird
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‘Only one Earth’
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World Space Week
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Daintree Rainforest and Noah Beach, Queensland, Australia
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Magnified moss
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A road not for the faint of heart
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Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness, New Mexico, USA
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Stop and smell the Sakura
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