SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is phasing out its state-run youth prisons and shifting the responsibility to counties, 162 years after lawmakers created the first alternative to housing children as young as 12 alongside adults in San Quentin and Folsom state prisons. Teens 14 and older who once could have gone to a state facility can instead be housed in county …
Most animals are biologically locked into being nocturnal or diurnal, but cane toads are proving they have super pest powers and can switch when conditions are right. Key points: Cane toads were observed in the Kimberley's deep and rocky gorges out, active and foraging in the middle of the day The environmental biologist found the daytime toads had reversed their …
