Explore is a philanthropic media organization

7 Ways Animals Beat the Heat

From elephants to Penguins to dogs,  find out the various ways animals keep cool at the National Wildlife Federation! 1. Sweating People do it, and so do horses. Sweating helps animals cool because drying sweat cools the skin. Some canines—members of the dog family—sweat from their feet, but that is not a large enough surface area to