Steady progress is being made on the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Cross in Agoura Hills, according to a recent update provided by the California Department of Transportation. Last week, crews worked overnight to pour “hundreds of tons” of wet concrete for the foundation of the bridge wall next to the southbound lanes of Highway 101, Caltrans […]
On July 17, Patricia Chavez came across a squirrel in her backyard lying in an unusual position: it was sprawled out on its stomach, legs stretched out. In other words, it was "splooting." But what exactly is splooting? It turns out, it's a technique that some animals turn to in order to lower their body temperatures during times of excessive heat. Temperatures that day in Spring Branch, Texas, located north of San Antonio, rose to around 104 degrees and dropped only as low as the high 70s. And
On July 17, Patricia Chavez came across a squirrel in her backyard lying in an unusual position: it was sprawled out on its stomach, legs stretched out. In other words, it was "splooting." But what exactly is splooting? It turns out, it's a technique that some animals turn to in order to lower their body temperatures during times of excessive heat. Temperatures that day in Spring Branch, Texas, located north of San Antonio, rose to around 104 degrees and dropped only as low as the high 70s. And