gigantism

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These animals are a famous example of "polar gigantism," a phenomenon where certain organisms in polar regions, such as the Arctic and Antarctic, grow to much larger sizes than their relatives in warmer climates.

From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2024

The ability to continue growing throughout the year may have been a key innovation, sustained by great migrations, that facilitated the emergence of gigantism in early sauropods.

From Scientific American • Aug. 15, 2023

It shows that gigantism in marine turtles developed independently in separate Cretaceous lineages in North America and Europe.

From Reuters • Nov. 17, 2022

The strange pairing of ferocity and joy, like everything else Donald did with so much intensity in the Super Bowl, cut through all the overhyped gigantism of the occasion with memorable physical detail.

From Washington Post • Feb. 14, 2022

I walk to Mom and Dad’s bedroom with the evidence of my gigantism still on my back.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson