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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West Cornwall Covered Bridge, Connecticut
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Snow aglow in central Japan
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Chapel of St. Michel on Lake Serre-Ponçon, Hautes-Alpes, France
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Antarctica Day
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Castelmezzano, Italy
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The glowing waters of the Matsu Islands
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Wildebeests in Maasai Mara, Kenya
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Sparkling ice diamonds on a black sandy beach
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International Polar Bear Day
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Skaftafell, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland
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Duomo Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence
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An island for the birds
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World Wildlife Day
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Memorial Day
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Maritime forest in Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
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It s leap day!
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Porcupine
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A leafy seadragon in the waters off Wool Bay, Australia
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Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
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Lake Tyrrell, Victoria, Australia
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It’s showtime for a precious crop
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Nothing plain about it
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At the gates of the ksar
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‘Ocian in view! O! The joy.’
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Belize Barrier Reef
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Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany
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A. M. Foster Bridge in Cabot, Vermont
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Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
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Sounds of Bach come to Bath
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Staring down winter
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