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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National Love a Tree Day
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Swinging into International Jazz Day
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Springtime in the Mediterranean
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Santorini through the clouds
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A peak in the clouds
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Jasper National Park in Alberta, Canada
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Leaves of Grass
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Travel Sunday: On the Ganges in Varanasi, India
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World Elephant Day
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Lighting it up for Vivid Sydney
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It s World Bee Day
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A star blows a bubble
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Northern hawk-owl
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A wetland in Västmanland, Sweden
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Rideau Canal Skateway in Ottawa, Canada
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A century since Tut s tomb was discovered
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Did they forget to fly south?
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Evidence of human habitation
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Flag Day
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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park turns 103
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Pollinator Week
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Great cormorants
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Giraffes at sunset in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
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National Park Week: Olympic National Park, Washington
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Wahclella Falls, Oregon
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International Polar Bear Day
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Paris is photo-ready this week
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Crown Fountain by Jume Plensa at Millennium Park in Chicago
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Cedar Mesa, Utah, for Indigenous Peoples Day
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Gulf Islands National Seashore, Florida
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