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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Bernina Pass, Graubünden, Switzerland
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Crimson-rumped toucanet in the Refugio Paz de Las Aves, Ecuador
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The Bahamas
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Sunny day, sweepin the clouds away
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Irohazaka road
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Pride Month
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Tortula moss, Netherlands
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Gardens by the Bay nature park, Singapore
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It s National Mushroom Month!
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Sea lion in a kelp forest, Baja California, Mexico
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Pretty in pink, and purple, and red…
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Groundhog Day
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‘Fringe’ takes center stage as Edinburgh celebrates the arts
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Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, England
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Bear cubs roughhouse on Siblings Day
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Folegandros Island, Cyclades, Greece
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Pandas pucker up for International Kissing Day
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Honoring some real heroes of World War II
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Let s get lost
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Full moon
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Protecting wildlife today and tomorrow
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Birds of a feather flocking together
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Earth Day
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Silbury Hill for International Archaeology Day
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Racing toward history
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Have fun storming the castle
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A desert arts pop-up, just popped up
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Hohenzollern Castle near Stuttgart, Germany
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Climb a tree for wild animals and plants
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Big-wave hunters watch Nazaré
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