When people talk about the ‘dog days of summer,’ they’re referring to the sultry, hot days of the season that sometimes seem to stretch on forever–just like those long legs on the star of today’s homepage. This is a maned wolf, also known as a ‘fox on stilts,’ and it’s the largest species of canid in South America. As a canid, it belongs to the same family as the domestic dog, wolf, and coyote, and we think it makes a fun spokescritter for summer’s ‘dog days.’
Summer’s in home stretch
Today in History
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Ancient art in the Amazon
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A national icon
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Atolls in the Maldives
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Happy Mother’s Day
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A plot was afoot
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Sundance Film Festival opens in Park City
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Sailing across the ice
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Golden jellyfish in Jellyfish Lake, Palau
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Jazzed for Mardi Gras
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Seville, Spain
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Lake Peipus, Estonia
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Siblings Day
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Diamond Beach, Iceland
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Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York
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A gorge-ous mill in the Causses
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It s superb owl Sunday
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National Museum of African American History and Culture
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It s only Wednesday
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Windmills in Kinderdijk, the Netherlands
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The story of a rediscovered redwood
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A rock in a wild place
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Jackie Robinson Day
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Hey, you two in the front!
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Brocken spectre in Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
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Cool water in the Quinault
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The Millennium at 20
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Aw shucks, It s Oyster Day
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Talk like a pirate—or walk the plank
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Maloja, Switzerland
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Don’t get lost in there