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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Glass footbridge in Zhangjiajie, China
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Maple and bamboo forests in Arashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
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Old Fortress, Corfu, Greece
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Let’s celebrate
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A personal collection becomes an institution
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Saint Andrews Day
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Yellowstone for the National Park Services birthday
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It’s showtime for a precious crop
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A learning garden
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Across the great plains of Africa
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And to think that I saw it in Cappadocia
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Where is this wintry road?
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On the hunt
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Celebrating Labor Day
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Hello, harbinger of spring
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Paradise Cave, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, Vietnam
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Leopard at Etosha National Park, Namibia
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Getting to the bottom of the underwater waterfall
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World Book Day
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Golden larches and Prusik Peak, the Enchantments, Washington
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Autumn in Alaska
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World Elephant Day
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The Badlands celebrates a milestone
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In celebration of America’s national bird
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Red squirrel
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Monarch butterflies migrate south
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Arbor Day
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Rockin with the rockhoppers
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1934 Labor Day parade, Gastonia, North Carolina
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International Beaver Day
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