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
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Ambassadors of the airwaves
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The perfect canvas for an ancient text
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American bison
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The Vestibule at Diocletian s Palace, Split, Croatia
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Mada’in Saleh archeological site in Saudi Arabia
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Diving into World Oceans Day
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Mont-Saint-Michel
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Wychwood Forest, Oxfordshire, England
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A peak in the clouds
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Castle Frankenstein in Darmstadt, Germany
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Swimming with the sea cows
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Singing praises of the oceans
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Cold? What cold?
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Golden jellyfish in Jellyfish Lake, Palau
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Let s crack the code
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Feast of the Donkey
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Nothing plain about it
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Arbor Day
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Travel Sunday: Sintra, Portugal
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Women s History Month