/newsroom/taxonomy/term/11573/all en /newsroom/channels/news/puffins-stay-cool-thanks-their-large-beak-302883 <p>Tufted puffins regulate their body temperature thanks to their large bills, an evolutionary trait that might explain their capacity to fly for long periods in search for food.</p> <p>In a new <a href="https://jeb.biologists.org/content/222/21/jeb212563.full">study</a> published in the <em>Journal of </em><i>Experimental Biology</i>, researchers from 平特五不中 and the University of California, Davis, used thermal imaging cameras to measure heat dissipation off the bodies and beaks of wild tufted puffins in the minutes after flying.</p> Tue, 26 Nov 2019 21:18:23 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 189310 at /newsroom