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It had always been thought warmer muscles help fish be powerful and athletic, with regional endothermy only seen in apex predators like the great white or giant tuna.

From Science Daily • Nov. 7, 2023

The results recalibrate what some previous studies had proposed about the origins of endothermy in mammals.

From Scientific American • Jul. 20, 2022

David suspected that endolymph viscosity and semicircular canal size were related, and that both could reflect endothermy.

From Science Magazine • Jul. 20, 2022

While endothermy is limited in smaller animals by surface to volume ratio, some organisms can be smaller and still be endotherms because they employ daily torpor during the part of the day that is coldest.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

During the course of evolution, therefore, each species' Ḣb evolves to provide it with the best match between its energy requirements for continuous endothermy, its food supply, and the thermal characteristics of its environment.

From Metabolic Adaptation to Climate and Distribution of the Raccoon Procyon Lotor and Other Procyonidae by Mahlke-Johnson, Kathleen P.