A 50-year balancing act

A 50-year balancing act

Cliff dwellings in Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado (© Brad McGinley Photography/Getty Images)

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Today in History

Nov. 16, 2023VanDusen Botanical Garden, Vancouver
Nov. 16, 2024Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
Nov. 16, 2025A traboule in Lyon, France

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Aug. 21, 2023Discovery Day in Canada
A time-worn medieval marvel
Giants of the Southern Ocean
Jul. 26, 2025International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
The healing powers of wastewater
Remembering D-Day
Celebrating the tropics
Dec. 23, 2024Celebrating Festivus
Mar. 27, 2025World Theatre Day
Apr. 11, 2024Dragon waterfall, Venezuela
Oct. 21, 2025Happy Diwali!
Aug. 3, 2025Blooming sunflowers
May 7, 2025Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
This lesson is going swimmingly
Lest we forget
Mar. 1, 2024Wheaton River, Yukon
We’ve made it to Halfway Day!
Apr. 8, 2025Paro Tsechu Festival, Bhutan
Sep. 24, 2023World Rivers Day
A bevy of buzzers
Nov. 13, 2024Sea lion in a kelp forest, Baja California, Mexico
Aug. 27, 2024Young black caiman, Tambopata National Reserve, Peru
Sep. 6, 2023Rethymno, Crete, Greece
Jan. 4, 2024Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
Apr. 5, 2025Gaztelugatxe islet at sunset, Basque Country, Spain
Jul. 30, 2025International Day of Friendship
Small but mighty
The lungs of Earth
Nov. 30, 2023Saint Andrews Day
Jan. 5, 2025Plum-headed parakeet