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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

that its frequency is the result of crypsis, and/or the result of thermoregulation. It has been theorized that non-melanistic gray squirrels have a concealment...

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...

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

Lazarus M, Saper CB (September 2009). "Parallel preoptic pathways for thermoregulation". The Journal of Neuroscience. 29 (38): 11954–64. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI...

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

Hogna carolinensis, commonly known as the Carolina wolf spider and giant wolf spider, is found across North America. It is the largest of the wolf spiders...

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

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

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

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...

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

Skin acts as both a medium and means for delivering mechanisms of thermoregulation, including insulation, sweating and control of blood flow. Skin tissue...

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

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...

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...

temperatures. B. polaris has a thicker coat of hair than most bees, utilizes thermoregulation, and makes insulated nests. Bombus polaris is part of the family Apidae...

The spring peeper (Pseudacris crucifer) is a small chorus frog widespread throughout the eastern United States and Canada. It prefers permanent ponds due...

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...

In biology, kleptothermy is any form of thermoregulation by which an animal shares in the metabolic thermogenesis of another animal. It may or may not...

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...