#Breasts may protect a newborn from #hypothermia:
'the surface temperature of the breasts of breastfeeding women was slightly higher than in the other groups studied.'

#evolution #thermoregulation #anthropology

https://phys.org/news/2026-02-mother-breasts-newborn-cold-perspective.html

Behavioural #thermoregulation is vital for #reptiles and may involve cognition! A new FunMorph study led by Ioanna Gavriilidi tested whether better spatial cognition is linked to more efficient thermoregulatory behaviour, accounting for personality 🦎

Using common wall lizards in a realistic, thermally heterogeneous environment, higher cognition scores were linked to better exploitation of thermal variation, but not to more accurate thermoregulation.

Read the study here: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306456526000264

Some #insects support passive #breathing via tracheae through #active #respiratorymovements, nsmed #convectiveventilation. Muscle contractions cause motions that e.g. dilate the #spiracles, allowing more efficient #gasexchange. The same time, the process also serves #thermoregulation. My example, the #robberfly #Tolmerus #cingulatus, demonstrates this #behavior.

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📚 Tiere nutzen vielfältige Strategien zur Hitzeregulation.

• Kühlung durch Verdunstung (z.B. Hecheln).
• Anpassung des Verhaltens (z.B. Schatten suchen).
• Spezifische anatomische Merkmale (z.B. große Ohren).

https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/forschung/hitze-tiere-verhaltensforschung-100.html

#Tiere #Hitze #Thermoregulation #Verhaltensforschung #Klimaanpassung

Deconninck et al. provides a refreshed view of how plasticity in temperature preference can inform us about the thermoregulatory strategies of ectotherms. An all-new framework that they apply to Drosophila melanogaster.

Read now ahead of print!
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/736575

#Plasticity #Thermoregulation #Ectotherms #EEB

The claim is circulating that antidepressants can cause overheating and dehydration. This is a genuine public health message, but it's not so simple: diuretics, beta blockers, ACE inhibitors, antipsychotics, and some antihistamines may also interact badly with hot weather.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/15/well/live/heat-weather-medication-safety.html (excerpt in a reply)

There's even doubt about antidepressants having this effect. A recent paper in eClinicalMedicine looked at all the studies they could find and concluded that there wasn't evidence of antidepressants causing overheating in hot weather - though some other medicines do.

"Current evidence supports strong anticholinergics, non-selective beta-blockers, adrenaline, and anti-Parkinson’s agents impairing thermoregulation during heat stress ... physicians should interpret with caution conventional public health messaging related to the thermoregulatory effects of some drugs (e.g., antidepressants) during hot weather."
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(24)00465-6/fulltext

#Antidepressants #Diuretics #AnticholinergicMedications #MedMastodon #BetaBlockers #HeatWaves #Thermoregulation #OverHeating #Dehydration #SideEffects #AdverseEffects #AdverseEvents #DrugSideEffects #DrugSafety #HeatStress #HotWeather #HotWeatherSafety #PublicHealth #ACEinhibitors #Antipsychotics

Comment retrouver son énergie naturellement ? Comment réveiller son "feu intérieur" sans dev perso ni charlatanisme.

C'est le thème de cette enquête.

#energie #fatiguechronique #stresschronique #bienetre #thermoregulation #frilosité #biohacking #methodesnaturelles #wimhof #biofeedback #fitnessmith

https://www.fitnessmith.fr/retrouver-son-energie-naturellement/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

#Thyroid hormones play a pivotal role in #thermoregulation and the attunement to hot and cold #climate​s. Recent research found global patterns of variants in the UCP1 and UCP3 genes and #SPINA-GD (step-up #deiodinase activity), suggesting integrated adaptation.

https://doi.org/10.3390/biology14050454

23-Apr-2025
Remembering the cold: scientists discover how #memories control #metabolism

New multidisciplinary research led by Tomás Ryan from Trinity College Dublin shows that the brain forms memories of cold experiences and uses them to control our metabolism. This newly published study is the first to show that #cold memories form in the #brain – and map out how they subsequently drive #thermoregulation.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1081286 #science

The High Energetic Costs Of Changing Colors In Octopus

"Changing colors is as energetically demanding for octopuses as jogging for 23 minutes is for humans."

by @GrrlScientist via #Medium

#octopus #SciComm #colors #energetics #physiology #camouflage #communication #thermoregulation https://medium.com/grrlscientist/the-high-energetic-costs-of-changing-colors-in-octopus-ebcfe63f4432