Ectothermic animals, such as amphibians and reptiles, are particularly sensitive to rapidly
warming global temperatures. One response in these organisms may be to evolve aspects …

Evolutionary adaptation to temperature and climate depends on both the extent to which
organisms experience spatial and temporal environmental variation (exposure) and how …

Behavior is one of the major architects of evolution: by behaviorally modifying how they
interact with their environments, organisms can influence natural selection, amplifying it in …

In situ adaptation to climate change will be critical for the persistence of many ectotherm
species due to their relative lack of dispersal capacity. Climate change is causing increases …

It seems puzzling why humans have evolved such a small and rigid birth canal that entails a
relatively complex process of labor compared with the birth canal of our closest relatives, the …

Phenotypic adjustments following environmental change are ubiquitous, and trait changes
arising through phenotypic plasticity often lag behind their environmental stimuli …

Sexual selection often shapes social behavioural activities, such as movement in the
environment to find possible partners, performance of displays to signal dominance and …

Aim Physiological responses to climate can be used to quantify the environmental limits that
a species can tolerate and are, therefore, key to biogeographical studies. Several …

Critical thermal limits represent an important component of an organism's capacity to cope
with future temperature changes. Understanding the drivers of variation in these traits may …

Mounting evidence suggests that rapid evolutionary adaptation may rescue some organisms
from the impacts of climate change. However, evolutionary constraints might hinder this …