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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World Book Day
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Petrified Forest National Park
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Visiting Ahch-To on Star Wars Day
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A view from the top
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Bohemian Switzerland
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Salar de Uyuni salt flats in Bolivia
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Blue-throated toucanet, Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica
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A Portuguese fort takes a star turn
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Alstrom Point, Lake Powell, Utah
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Here we honor the women who ve served
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Whanganui National Park, Retaruke, New Zealand
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Hollywood s big night
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Iceland awaits the Yule Lads
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Miravet, Catalonia, Spain
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Infrared Jupiter, erupting Io
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Museum Mile Festival
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Ready, set, read
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Let s crack the code
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The Bazaruto Archipelago of Mozambique
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A cliff-hanging complex of temples
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Humpbacks return to the Inside Passage
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When an ideal microclimate gives you lemons…
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Ocracoke Lighthouse on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina
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World Penguin Day
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West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Connecticut
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Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge connecting Laos and Thailand
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Wildlife Conservation Day
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A goldie gala
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Short-eared owl
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Swim city
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