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Heat tolerance decreases and cold tolerance increases with elevation for a species-rich insect family on a tropical volcano

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 31, August 2026. SignificanceEmpirical evaluations of thermal tolerance for tropical species are sparse, and this reduces our capacity to anticipate the impact of the climate crisis on the undescribed morass of wild biodiversity. While theory predicts that heat tolerances ...

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