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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Saffron in bloom
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Here s looking at you
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Why’s it called a spelling ‘bee,’ anyhow?
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Marseille welcomes the Olympic torch
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Marshland, Gloucester, MA
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Celebrating Pie Day is as easy as, well…
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Dunluce Castle, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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Satellite image of sand and seaweed in the Bahamas
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Caribbean flamingos, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
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Bringing together history and technology
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Shark Awareness Day
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Formal garden at Château de Villandry, Loire Valley, France
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National Napping Day
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Halloween
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Holey moley–it’s National Doughnut Day!
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Maritime forest on Cumberland Island, Georgia
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Freeloaders of the avian world
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The Wall for Peace
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Hot and Spicy Food Day
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The dry days of winter in Etosha
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Surfer s paradise
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Autumn in Alaska
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Stompin’ with the Big Chief
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Happy Panda Day!
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Of moose and Maine
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In celebration of cats
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All hail the king of shrubs
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Mam Tor, Derbyshire, England
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The smoke before the bonfire
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Procida, Italy
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