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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Flamenco dancers
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It’s Art Deco Weekend in Miami
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National Napping Day
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Get amped for Glastonbury
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Holi festival
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Presidents hear the echo of history
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Bearded reedlings in Flevoland
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The frog prince?
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Canada s $20 view
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An iris garden in Tokyo, Japan
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The Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy
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Thomas Edison s bright idea
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Commemorating the life of a famous railroad conductor
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It s Bermuda s big day
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World Theatre Day
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Cannes, France, in the spotlight
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Splügen Pass, Switzerland
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Denali National Park
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A little bit of Wonderland in New York City
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International Literacy Day
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Polar Bear Week
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The Battle of the Bulge 75 years later
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Listening to the sea
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Ides of March
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Black History Month
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Angkor, Cambodia
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