Just as heat waves can strain the human body, they’re taking a growing toll on the world’s wildlife. Recent studies show that extreme heat and climate change have contributed to major declines in ...

In the United States, heat waves break out every summer. While people can jump in their pools, go to the beach, hit the lake, or engage in other activities that keep them cool, animals at zoos do not ...

As a record-breaking “heat dome” blanketed the United States in late June, just a few days after summer officially started, millions of Americans were urged to stay cool, hydrated and indoors. But ...

Across the United Kingdom, animals are displaying strange behaviors as another heat wave rolls in. Birds have been fluttering their throats and squirrels are "splooting" on the ground, but ...

A cute pair of dogs where they belong during a heat wave: indoors. (File photo courtesy San Diego Department of Animal Services) As this week’s scorcher of a heat wave really gets going, the San Diego ...

A Pittsburgh woman is facing animal cruelty charges after police said she left her dogs outside in 90-degree temperatures for two days, giving both of them heat stroke. Thirty-eight-year-old Christine ...

Summer heat waves are tough on people, plants and animals, and they can be even harder for animals that aren't adapted to high heat and humidity, like alpaca. HEIDI DIXON: My name is Heidi Dixon, and ...

Animals regulate heat differently from people, and without proper care, they can experience dangerous heat-related illnesses.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The heat wave comes at a tough time for the Oregon State Fair which just got underway this weekend in Salem at the fairgrounds. Besides all the visitors, there are also ...

In Scott County, farmers are working overtime to keep their animals safe from the heat. At a local free-range farm run by Sam Benson and Maggie Stafford, dozens of animals roam free. Stafford said ...

Environment, which refers to the conditions a living organism lives in, is an overriding factor that influences how that organism behaves, acts, and exists. Fluctuations or triggers in this ...

As extreme heat waves continue to grow more frequent and more intense, entire animal species are at risk of extinction. Heat is resulting in heat exhaustion in animals and food shortages. Watch to see ...