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
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
-
Paro Tsechu Festival, Bhutan
-
The 50th Toronto International Film Festival
-
Es Vedrà and Es Vedranell, Ibiza, Spain
-
Registan Square, Samarkand, Uzbekistan
-
Paradise Cave, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam
-
International Day of the Worlds Indigenous Peoples
-
World Dolphin Day
-
San Gimignano, Siena, Italy
-
Best views tower
-
Vatican City, Rome, Italy
-
Lake Minnewanka, Alberta
-
Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, Maine, USA
-
World Otter Day
-
Take the Stairs Day
-
Río Negro, Amazon basin, Brazil
-
Irohazaka Road in autumn, Nikko, Tochigi, Japan
-
A different kind of toucan
-
What’s your favourite colour?
-
Happy Halloween!
-
Notre-Dame reopens
-
Big rocks, big heads, still counting?
-
Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau Castles, Bavaria, Germany
-
The top of Tennessee
-
Grizzly bears at Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, United States
-
This blue succulent is as good as gold here
-
When ice imitates art
-
Via Krupp, Capri, Italy
-
Sunrise at Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA
-
Silent night, sparkling lights and hearts full of joy
Bing Wallpaper Gallery

