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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Merced River, Yosemite National Park, California
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The glass dome of Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Milan, Italy
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Happy holidays!
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A march toward a dream
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World Bee Day
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International Literacy Day
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Get amped for Glastonbury
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Lake Misurina, Dolomites, Italy
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World Giraffe Day
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Oloupena Falls, island of Molokai, Hawaii
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World Space Week
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Native American Heritage Day
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In celebration of cats
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It’s surströmming time
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National Fossil Day
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Birds and bees, and why they re so important
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International Day of the Tropics
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Blue-footed booby, Galápagos Islands
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Tennis in the park
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Honoring some real heroes of World War II
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Polar bear season in Manitoba
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Black History Month
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Sea fireflies at the seashore
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The 80th anniversary of D-Day
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South Stack Lighthouse, Holy Island, Wales
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Eurasian scops owl
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30 years after Exxon Valdez
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Nazaré Lighthouse
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Reflections on the mighty Amazon
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World Book Day
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