ISEF · 2020
Antsel and Gretal
Animal Sciences
To discover whether an ant's pheromones can determine the route taken by another ant to a destination, an experiment was designed using different combinations of pavement, fire, and carpente…
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ISEF · 2020
Artificial Nest for Earwigs as an Ecological Strategy for Eliminating Fall Armyworms
Animal Sciences
Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is the pest that has spread out in Thailand since August 2018. The outbreak of fall armyworm causes severe damage of corn plants and other field crops.…
ISEF · 2020
Assessing the Effect of Blue Light upon the Courtship Behavior of Drosophila melanogaster in Accordance with Varying Eye Color
Animal Sciences
Light pollution affects organisms throughout the entire ecosystem via disruption and interference of reproductive fitness. Drosophila melanogaster were chosen for this study because of the i…
ISEF · 2020
Biological Fight between Cordyceps militaris and the Asiatic Wasp Vespa velutina
Animal Sciences
The Asiatic hornet Vespa velutina (from now on V.v) has become a big plague in Europe achieving an annual expansion radius of 50-100 km, growing exponentially and it is already present in mo…
ISEF · 2020
Combating Malnutrition: The Effect of Eggs on the Development, Learning, and Memory of Drosophila melanogaster
Animal Sciences
This project’s purpose was to determine if a malnourishing diet negatively affects development and cognition in D. melanogaster, if consuming eggs reduces those effects, and whether childhoo…
ISEF · 2020
Decreasing Pest Activities of Rice Field Crab in the Paddy Field Ecosystem
Animal Sciences
Using pesticide to kill rice field crabs (Somanniathelphusa germaini) leaves chemical residue in the paddy field, causing biological magnification, which is harmful to top consumers like hum…
ISEF · 2020
Development and Application of Attractants and Controlled-release Microcapsules for the Control of an Important Economic Pest: Flower Thrips, Frankliniella intonsa
Animal Sciences
Flower thrips, Frankliniella intonsa (Trybom) (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), are worldwide pests that cause damage to a range of plants in agriculture, horticulture and forestry and are vectors…
ISEF · 2020
Dispersal and Behavior Patterns between Dispersing Wolves and Pack Wolves in Northern Minnesota
Animal Sciences
Today there are at least 1,655 wolves in the northern Rockies (Frey, 2017). My question was: What effect do the Gray Wolf (Canis Lupus) characteristics (age, sex) and human (roads, railroads…
ISEF · 2020
Effectiveness of Lavandula Scents in Deterring Odocoileus virginianus and Cervus canadensis from Harming Agricultural Crops
Animal Sciences
Each year deer and elk cause millions of dollars of damage to crops across Idaho. To reduce this impact, farmers are looking for non-lethal ways to keep them away. The purpose of this study…
ISEF · 2020
Exposure of Rosmarinic Acid Prior to Thiamethoxam and Its Effect on the Survival and Circadian Rhythm of Honeybees (Apis mellifera) in Puerto Rico
Animal Sciences
Honeybees rely heavily on their circadian clock to achieve the orientation based on the solar compass and the "time memory", which allows them to locate food resources and return to the hive…
ISEF · 2020
Fossil-Augmented Species Distribution Models Reveal the Shifted Baselines of California Avifauna under Climate Change
Animal Sciences
Climate change threatens to alter the distribution of numerous bird species globally. While predicting future distributional changes is critical in guiding management efforts, recent advance…
ISEF · 2020
Gallus gallus Domesticus Flock Performance with Dietary Herb Supplementation
Animal Sciences
Supplemental herbs have been linked to improved layer performance in Gallus Gallus Domesticus studies. However, as these studies mainly focus on standard chickens, the relation between such…
ISEF · 2020
Gustatory Responses of Honeybees (Apis mellifera) to Artificial Sweeteners - Behavioral and Electrophysiological Analyses
Animal Sciences
Humans and some other animals detect non-nutritive artificial sweeteners (NAS). To elucidate whether honeybees perceive ‘sweetness’ from NAS, NAS (sucralose and acesulfame-K) were given to h…
ISEF · 2020
Hydrocotyle Verticillata Reduces Ethanol Tolerance and Neurotoxic Effects on Cognitive and Motor Function of Drosophila melanogaster
Animal Sciences
Alcohol consumption, which leads to complex disorders involving neurological deficits, is one of the main contributors in chronic diseases around the world with overall global death reaching…
ISEF · 2020
Improving Captive Management Strategies for Conservation of Dendrobates auratus
Animal Sciences
The global amphibian extinction crisis necessitates the diligence of conservation practices. This project was designed to improve husbandry conditions for captive Dendrobates auratus, common…
ISEF · 2020
Introducing Solitary Wasps (Delta esuriens) as a Predator for Pest Control in Cultivation Area Using Pseudo Brood Cells Produced from Its Habitat Imprinting Behavior
Animal Sciences
Damage from insects is a major problem in agriculture. Using insecticide is harmful and expensive. We tried to introduce predator as the bio- control for the pest in a cultivation area. We o…
ISEF · 2020
Lipid Droplets in the Aging Brain
Animal Sciences
Aging is a process which adversely affects humans, particularly in the brain. However, aging is not well characterized. This study sought to investigate the changes in neuronal lipid droplet…
ISEF · 2020
Loss of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) Inhibits Planarian Regeneration
Animal Sciences
Regeneration is defined as a natural process that allows plants and animals to replace or restore damaged or missing cells, tissues, organs, and even entire body parts to full function (Rege…
ISEF · 2020
Microplastic: A Possible Rising Tide of Plastic Affecting an Oyster's Filtration
Animal Sciences
Oysters are niche creatures within the marine ecosystem that filter phytoplankton to ensure clarity of water. As global plastic production reaches 4.8 - 12.7 million tonnes annually, their e…
ISEF · 2020
Phytogenic Alternatives to Antibiotics for Organic Broiler Chicken Production
Animal Sciences
Routine use of antibiotic growth promoters in broiler feed poses health hazards to humans and livestock. Earlier studies with herbs supplemented individually have reported inconsistent resul…
ISEF · 2020
Pigeon Training: Number and Gender Ratio Comparison Affecting Innovation and Ability to Adapt and Learn
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this experiment was to test what factors affected the speed of adaptability and learning in pigeons. To do this, I separated the experiment into two parts: gender testing and…
ISEF · 2020
Precision and Relative Accuracy of Striped Bass Age, Proportional Growth, and Origin Estimates from Both Scales and Sagittal Otoliths of Maine Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis)
Animal Sciences
Striped bass, of great recreational and commercial importance, are currently overfished and their population is in decline. Understanding the current state of Maine striped bass populations…
ISEF · 2020
Relating Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) to Circadian Signaling in Drosophila melanogaster
Animal Sciences
In 2019, over 3.2 million adolescents aged 12-17 experienced symptoms of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), and 73% of adolescents who experienced MDD did not get enough sleep per night. Depre…
ISEF · 2020
Screening, Identification and Biodegradability of White Pollution-Degrading Bacteria from Cockroach
Animal Sciences
Cockroach is considered to be one of the most successful insects on the earth because of their fast reproduction, strong resistance and wide appetite including even plastic products. However…
ISEF · 2020
Sexual Dimorphism in Red Eared Sliders
Animal Sciences
I chose this project while working this past summer. It was noticed that Trachemys Scripta Elegans had three qualitative shapes on the second vertebral scute (V2) region of the carapace, con…
ISEF · 2020
Staying Ahead of the Hit: Using Drosophila melanogaster as an Integrated Model to Elucidate the Neuropathology, Physiology, and Genetic Mechanisms Underlying Traumatic Brain Injury
Animal Sciences
Background: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a leading international cause of morbidity and mortality. The neurologic outcome of TBI is significantly influenced by the cellular, molecular and…
ISEF · 2020
The Antibiotic Activity and Honey Preservation by Enterococcus avium within the Social Stomach of Apis mellifera and Its Potential as a Cure for CCD
Animal Sciences
Honeybees store nectar in the crop(social stomach) and share it with nestmates through trophallaxis. This behavior seems to increase the risk of infections by colony members sharing contamin…
ISEF · 2020
The Effects of Cosmic Radiation on Gene Expression in Caenorhabditis elegans
Animal Sciences
This project focuses on the comparative gene expression in the nematode Caenorhabditis Elegan (C. Elegan) in nine specific target genes found by Selch et al. in 2008. Due to expanding space…
ISEF · 2020
The Impacts of Brandt's Voles (Lasiopodomys brandtii) on the Growth of Plantations Surrounding their Patched Burrow Units
Animal Sciences
To study the functions of Brandt's voles in the grassland ecosystem, its impact on vegetations, and the optimal density, the author researched in a fenced pasture in Inner Mongolia with dist…
ISEF · 2020
The Ketogenic Diet Ameliorates the Effects of Caffeine in Seizure Susceptible Drosophila melanogaster
Animal Sciences
Epilepsy is a neurological disease involving spontaneous and chronic seizures. Seizure susceptibility and intensity are affected by a multitude of factors, including caffeine exposure and di…