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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Bobbio, Italy
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Gemsbok in Namibian sand dunes
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World Architecture Day
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Happy Mother s Day
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Boxing Day
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The artists come to Venice
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Whanganui National Park, Retaruke, New Zealand
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Back on the rise
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Congratulations, 2019 Nobel Prize laureates!
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Lick Observatory
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Womens History Month
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Marseille welcomes the Olympic torch
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Wadden Sea coast, Friesland, Netherlands
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Hut, hut, hike!
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World Environment Day
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An Alpine fairy-tale castle
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It’s Siblings Day!
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Honoring the first American woman in space
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Colorful cows of the reef
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Reflecting on fall
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A cliffside harbor in Sardinia
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Iguazu Falls at the border of Argentina and Brazil
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Icelandic horses, Iceland
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Mendenhall Glacier, Alaska
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Cape Town at dusk
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Moose, Denali National Park, Alaska
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International Beaver Day
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First day of summer
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Juvenile manatees in a freshwater spring, Crystal River, Florida
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Ludwig’s palace
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