Temperatures in the Valley have reached extreme highs as summer begins — climbing as high as 114 degrees this past weekend. That means a change in care for animals at the Phoenix Zoo. Linda Hardwick, ...

Bear beats the heat with a mud bath, kicks feet in the air on trail camera A trail camera in Roxborough State Park, Colorado caught the moment a bear took a relaxing mud bath. The puddle offered a ...

When the temperature rises, there’s nothing like taking a cool dip. Better still if it’s in a muddy puddle. Okay, that last part might not work for humans, but it does for many animals, and one toasty ...