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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Ceremony Hall at Sweden s Icehotel
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Composite image of a lunar eclipse
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Group of giant cuttlefish, Whyalla, South Australia
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Sweetheart Abbey, Scotland
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Get the bear facts
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World Otter Day
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
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Look to the north sky tonight for the Perseids
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Stompin’ with the Big Chief
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The last thing seen by Wile E. Coyote
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Martin Luther King Jr. Day
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Time to count some birds
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Combating extinction with citizen science
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Join the parade for World Elephant Day
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Skagit Valley Tulip Festival
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Kirkjufell, Iceland
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Muir Woods National Monument anniversary
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Autumn comes to Old Town
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World Elephant Day
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Seville celebrates first world tour
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Iceland for International Rock Day
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We heart Berlin
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Mount Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia
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Falling for Tennessee
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Nursing the world to health
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And the skies filled with bats…
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Avatars of the Wolf Moon
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An underwater rainbow
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International Jazz Day
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Best. Holiday. Ever.
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