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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Peach trees in Cieza, Murcia, Spain
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Taughannock Falls State Park
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Glastonbury Festival begins
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Rock House in Hocking Hills State Park, Ohio
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It s Independence Day
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A stunning sight in Mexico s wilderness
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Iceberg off the coast of Antarctica
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It’s Canada’s national day
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International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekend
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Astronomy Day
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The Christmas Bird Count begins
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Tigh Mor Trossachs on Loch Achray, Scotland
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Summer Olympics begin in Paris
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Bearded reedlings in Flevoland
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Least chipmunk, Kootenai National Forest, Montana
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Traffic jam on the caribou highway
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Life carries on, rising from a ship s skeleton
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Blue-throated toucanet, Los Quetzales National Park, Costa Rica
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Womens History Month
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Maritime forest in Cumberland Island National Seashore, Georgia
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And they’re off!
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Happy Panda Day!
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Construction workers resting above Manhattan
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World Whale Day
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Next stop, Tofino
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Behold the perfect cone
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National Roller Coaster Day
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Norway s Kjeragbolten boulder
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Burns Night
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Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the Louvre Pyramid
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