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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Paradise, found
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Northern coast of Colombia
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This park is Superkilen
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National Cherry Blossom Festival
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A star blows a bubble
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A dreamy start to the Year of the Pig
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Happy Boxing Day!
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Here s looking Atchafalaya
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International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem
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Gazing down on planet Earth
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National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
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World Chocolate Day
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Up in the Highlands
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Hippo family in Chobe National Park, Botswana
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Autumn’s swan song
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World Wildlife Day
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Southern right whale
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Alaska Bald Eagle Festival
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El Valle de la Luna, Chile
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A notorious gunfight that was incorrectly named
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Isla del Pescado on the Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
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Brocken spectre in Central Balkan National Park, Bulgaria
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Aprils full moon
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Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
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Pont Rouge
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Mount Hamilton, near San Jose, California
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It’s not a pinecone, it’s a pangolin
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National Find a Rainbow Day
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National Mushroom Day
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Sunburst at Angkor
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