Thermoregulation is the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the surrounding temperature is very different...

As in other mammals, human thermoregulation is an important aspect of homeostasis. In thermoregulation, body heat is generated mostly in the deep organs...

Insect thermoregulation is the process whereby insects maintain body temperatures within certain boundaries. Insects have traditionally been considered...

detect potential predators. The ears of a rabbit are essential for thermoregulation and contain a high density of blood vessels. The bone structure of...

Pinnipeds (pronounced /ˈpɪnɪˌpɛdz/), commonly known as seals, are a widely distributed and diverse clade of carnivorous, fin-footed, semiaquatic, mostly...

water loss. Water helps maintain their ionic balance in their blood, thermoregulation system, and removal of wastes and toxins from the body via urine. They...

Homeothermy, homothermy or homoiothermy is thermoregulation that maintains a stable internal body temperature regardless of external influence. This internal...

Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines, characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major...

cutaneous water permeability, but promotes increased cutaneous blood flow. Thermoregulation, in combination with seasonal acclimation, describes the major mechanisms...

regulating metabolic processes. Other species have various degrees of thermoregulation. As there are more than two categories of temperature control utilized...

coined to advocate for an intermediate status of non-avian dinosaur thermoregulation, between endotherms and ectotherms. A more technical definition was...

Retrieved 2019-09-09. Heyning and Mead; Mead, JG (November 1997). "Thermoregulation in the Mouths of Feeding Gray Whales". Science. 278 (5340): 1138–1140...

in the spinal cord. The primary function of the fur of mammals is thermoregulation. Others include protection, sensory purposes, waterproofing, and camouflage...

desert cottontails make up 14% of their body size and may help with thermoregulation. Many desert animals prey on cottontails, including birds of prey,...

used to stabilize its spine or to heat and cool its body as a form of thermoregulation. Some recent studies argue that the sail would have been ineffective...

adaptations for thermoregulation, such as altering their feathers. Common ostriches display a feather fluffing behavior that aids them in thermoregulation by regulating...

suspend central homeostasis, allowing large fluctuations in respiration, thermoregulation and circulation which do not occur in any other modes of sleeping or...

keep the head clean when feeding, and also plays an important role in thermoregulation. Vultures have been observed to hunch their bodies and tuck in their...

Dryocampa rubicunda, the rosy maple moth, is a small North American moth in the family Saturniidae, also known as the great silk moths. It was first described...

only important for efficient gas exchange, but for thermoregulation and vocalization. Thermoregulation is important for flamingos as they generally live...

Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins...

The hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas /ˌhæməˈdraɪ.əs/; Tigrinya: ጋውና gawina; Arabic: الرُبَّاح, Al Robah) is a species of baboon within the Old World monkey...

The roadrunners (genus Geococcyx), also known as chaparral birds or chaparral cocks, are two species of fast-running ground cuckoos with long tails and...

killed off much of the area's seagrass (and which would have also made thermoregulation difficult for the sloths, with their slow metabolism). Ground sloths...

Nephila is a genus of araneomorph spiders noted for the impressive webs they weave. Nephila consists of numerous species found in warmer regions around...

mechanisms. In mammals, two separate homeostatic mechanisms are involved in thermoregulation—one mechanism increases body temperature, while the other decreases...

exposure to UV can damage health. Loss of body hair in Homo links to the thermoregulation through perspiration heat dissipation required for activity in hot...

numerous; one of the most carefully studied effects is the alterations in thermoregulation in the body due to outside stresses. This is necessary because in order...

send that information to neurons in the preoptic area involved in thermoregulation. A study in 2017, has shown this information to be relayed through...

fraction of illuminated moon in relation to sunset and sunrise times. Thermoregulation has been said to be an adaptive response that enables cathemeral animals...