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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Kiteboarding and windsurfing in Croatia
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Memorial Day
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Happy Fathers Day!
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The most Instagrammable bird?
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A timeless view of the night sky
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Happy anniversary to the National Park Service!
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The crossroads of empires
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Preservation Hall in New Orleans, Louisiana
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Remembering the Velvet Revolution
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Swim city
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Bringing the moon to Earth
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Holey moley–it’s National Doughnut Day!
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Four little birds sitting in a tree…
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Beaver achievers
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Rooftops in the walled city of Urbino, Italy
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Happy Pi Day!
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Nomads of the Gobi
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A wild, craggy corner of the United States
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Hues of Hokkaido
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Where do those colors come from?
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Summer huts in winter
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Waiting for winter
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National Hug Day
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Mute swans
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A giant relic in Java
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Innerdalsvatna Lake, near Ålvundeidet, Norway
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A hero for the 21st century
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National Park Week begins
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Beyond Walls for World Refugee Day
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International Polar Bear Day