Spring is nearly here—if you live in the Southern Hemisphere. And these black-browed albatrosses, sometimes called mollymawks, have returned to their nesting grounds in the Falkland Islands where they will reunite with their mates. Each bird pair will lay a single egg in October and nurture the hatchling from December until April, when it’s time to take off and hunt the high seas again.
Back to the nest
Today in History
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A city, a cliff, a canyon…and cheese
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Whoopin it up!
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Beyond Walls for World Refugee Day
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Misool Island, Indonesia
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The Elbe in Dresden, Germany
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Hoh Rain Forest, Olympic National Park, Washington
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National Llama Day
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Bangkok, Thailand
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Canadian Thanksgiving
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Boxing Day—a shopper’s delight
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Fujian Tulou, China
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Milky Way over Zabriskie Point, California
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Happy Valentines Day!
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Prasat Phanom Rung temple ruins, Thailand
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Lavender field, Hertfordshire, England
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A day for the oceans
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No, it s not a leaf. Happy Look-alike Day
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Seasonal lights dazzle in Japan
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Celebrating 30 years of eye-opening images
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Sunny day, sweepin the clouds away
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Corjuem Fort in Goa, India
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A traboule in Lyon, France
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Vasco da Gama Bridge, Lisbon, Portugal
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Blue-throated toucanet, Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica
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Oh, the places you’ll go
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Pi Day
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World Reef Awareness Day
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World Wildlife Day
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World Giraffe Day
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Peña Roya beech forest, Moncayo Natural Park, Aragon, Spain
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