Graceful, powerful, and impossible to miss—the northern gannet is the largest seabird on the waters of the North Atlantic. It spends most of its time gliding over open seas and returning to land only to breed. These seabirds, known for their vast and noisy breeding colonies, called gannetries, nest on steep cliffs, remote rocky islands, and sea stacks that rise from the ocean.
Northern gannets, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Today in History
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A Festivus for the rest of us
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Shadows on the solstice
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GOAL!
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The most wonderful day of the year. Period.
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Hues of Hokkaido
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Happy Halloween!
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Almond trees in full bloom, California
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It’s National Walk to Work Day
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Construction workers resting above Manhattan
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The Matterhorn reflected in Lake Stellisee at sunrise, Zermatt, Switzerland
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Milford Sound/Piopiotahi rainforest in New Zealand
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Protecting wildlife today and tomorrow
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A horse of many colors
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Eben Ice Caves, Upper Peninsula, Michigan
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It’s Napping Day
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Bear cubs roughhouse on Siblings Day
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Montreux, Switzerland, and all that jazz
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Hey neighbor, it s World Space Week!
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Happy New Years Eve!
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Winterpret on ice
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Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California
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A treaty for science
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A legend and a legendary home
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Apples ready for harvest in Minnesota
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Royal Alcázar of Seville, Spain
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International Beaver Day
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Ambassadors of the airwaves
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Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington
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Pont Alexandre III, Paris, France
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Wind horses carry wishes for a new year
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