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The Australasian gannet (Morus serrator) is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. Adults are mostly white, with black flight feathers at the wingtips and the trailing edge of the wing. The central tail feathers are also black. The head is tinged with buff-yellow, with a pale blue-grey bill edged in black, and blue-rimmed eyes. Young birds have mottled plumage in their first year, dark above and light below, gradually acquiring more white until they reach maturity after five years. The species ranges over water above the continental shelf along the southern and eastern Australian coastline, as well as the North and South Islands of New Zealand, Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Nesting takes place in colonies along the coastlines of New Zealand, Victoria and Tasmania. The birds plunge into the ocean at high speed, catching mainly squid and forage fish. The species faces few natural or man-made threats. (Full article...)

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Tornado damage in Lee County, Alabama

A severe tornado outbreak hits the Southeastern United States, with one tornado causing 23 deaths in Alabama (damage pictured).
Heightened tensions remain between India and Pakistan after both countries conduct airstrikes.
Muhammadu Buhari is re-elected President of Nigeria.
Cardinal George Pell becomes the highest-ranking member of the Catholic Church to be convicted of child sexual abuse.

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March 10

Artist's impression of MRO orbiting Mars

1915 – First World War: The Battle of Neuve Chapelle opened, the first deliberately planned British offensive of the war.
1949 – Mildred Gillars, nicknamed "Axis Sally", was convicted of treason for working with the Nazis as a broadcaster.
1967 – British progressive rock band Pink Floyd released their first single, "Arnold Layne".
1975 – Ho Chi Minh Campaign: North Vietnam began its final push for victory over South Vietnam with an attack on Ban Me Thuot.
2006 – NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter attained orbit around Mars (artist's impression shown).

John Benbow (b. 1653) · Charles Frederick Worth (d. 1895) · Muhammad Sayyid Tantawy (d. 2010)

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Female topi (Damaliscus lunatus jimela) in the Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda. A subspecies of the common tsessebe antelope, the topi is native to several countries in eastern Africa and lives primarily in grassland habitats, ranging from treeless plains to savannas. It is a tall species, with individuals ranging in height from 100 to 130 cm (39 to 51 in) at the shoulder. Predators of topi include lions and spotted hyenas, with jackals being predators of newborns.

Photograph: Charles J. Sharp

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