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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Autumn in Piedmont
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Grizzly bears in Alaska for National Wildlife Day
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Victory Day in Valletta
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Mute swans
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A center of antiquity on the Mediterranean
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A predator at risk
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The natural ice wall of Misotsuchi, Chichibu, Japan
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Procida, Italy
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Welcome to El Cervantino
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Red skies at Ruby Beach
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Piazza IX Aprile, Taormina, Sicily, Italy
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A shell of many colors
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Cape Town at dusk
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Snow on the temple
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Groundhog Day
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Can you see the family resemblance?
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A big birthday for Big Bend
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Frankenstein Friday
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Why you should thank a nurse today
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Cecropia leaf and lobster claw petals in Mexico
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Black History Month
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Take the plunge into 2021
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Starling murmuration over the ruins of Brightons West Pier, England
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Green sea turtle on World Oceans Day
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International Beaver Day
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Three Musketeers Falls at Iguazú Falls, Argentina
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World Childrens Day
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Summer winds down in the Southern Hemisphere
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Ambassadors of the airwaves
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Darwin s Arch
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