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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Wild scene on the Merced River
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US Election Day
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International Mountain Day
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Celebrating Pie Day is as easy as, well…
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Victory in Europe, 75 years ago
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A medieval celebration in the Mediterranean
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National Trails Day
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Presidents Day
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Quilts as high art
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Glacier cave in Iceland
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Penguin Awareness Day
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Satla marshland in Bangladesh
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International Talk Like a Pirate Day
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Of moose and Maine
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Aprils full moon
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Taughannock Falls State Park
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Ocean City, Maryland, at sunrise
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Celebrating Indigenous Peoples Day
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Formal garden at Château de Villandry, Loire Valley, France
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A sea of swirling stone
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The Easter Bunny’s story
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Construction workers resting above Manhattan
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The story of the poinsettia
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A night of art and culture
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Walking among the giants
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20 years later
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European Day of Parks
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Does it swim in slow motion too?
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Seattle Central Library, Seattle, Washington
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Wildebeests in Maasai Mara, Kenya
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