Understanding the heat tolerances of small mammals and birds has taken on new urgency
with the advent of climate change. Here, we review heat tolerance limits, pathways of …

Evaporative heat dissipation is a key aspect of avian thermoregulation in hot environments.
We quantified variation in avian thermoregulatory performance at high air temperatures (T a) …

As global temperatures reach record highs, threats posed by climate change to biodiversity
become ever more severe. For endotherms, maintaining body temperature within safe …

In both biological and engineered systems, functioning at peak power output for prolonged
periods of time requires thermoregulation. Here, we report a soft hydrogel-based actuator …

Extreme high environmental temperatures produce a variety of consequences for wildlife,
including mass die-offs. Heat waves are increasing in frequency, intensity, and extent, and …

Birds inhabiting hot, arid regions are among the terrestrial organisms most vulnerable to
climate change. The potential for increasingly frequent and intense heat waves to cause …

Species abundances and distributions are changing in response to changing climate and
other anthropogenic drivers but how this translates into how well species can match their …

Intense heat waves are occurring more frequently, with concomitant increases in the risk of
catastrophic avian mortality events via lethal dehydration or hyperthermia. We quantified the …

Climate change is forecasted to generate a range of evolutionary changes and plastic
responses. One important aspect of avian responses to climate change is how weather …

Characterizing heat tolerance is critical for predicting an organism's vulnerability to climate
warming. Recent studies of ectotherms report that impacts of climate warming are expected …