Animal Sciences science fair projects from 2021

A Comparison Between Merycoidedontodiea Skull Morphology and the Skull Morphology of Miniochoerus

Animal Sciences

Oreodonts are a common herbivorous artiodactyl from the Oligocene epoch of Wyoming. While quite common in this area, these creatures are still somewhat understudied and not fully understood.…

An Inventory of Forest Birds Along the ?Aiea Loop Trail, O?ahu, Hawai?i

Animal Sciences Third Award

Of the original 11 native forest bird species known from the island of O?ahu in the Hawaiian island chain, only 3 remain today. They are the O?ahu ?Amakihi (Chlorodrepanis flava), ?Apapane (…

A Novel 3D Printed Ventilator for COVID-19

Mammalian Biology First Award

Are your AI Cattle Having a Better Growth Rate Than your Bull Bred Calves?

Animal Sciences

Our project is testing to see if AI calves or Bull Bred calves have a more efficient growth rate. We did get our project approved by our vet in town. This project is about animal science and…

A Study of the Abundance and Diversity of Pollinators in Eureka Springs Urban Gardens and Black Bass Lake Park for Use in the Native Pollinator Conservation Effort

Animal Sciences

A study of abundance and diversity of pollinators in four urban gardens in downtown Eureka Springs and two trails by Black Bass lake to be used in the local pollinator conservation effort an…

Auto-dissemination: A Novel and Effective Tool in Mosquito Control?

Animal Sciences

Mosquitoes are small and deadly pests. They transmit various diseases, causing over 700,000 human deaths annually, making mosquito control essential. A novel mosquito trap, the In2Care trap,…

Behavior Study and Development of Artificial Nest for Nurturing Assassin Bugs (Sycanus indagator Stal.) Beneficial in Biological Pest Control

Animal Sciences

The present work focuses on behavior study of assassin bugs (Sycanus indagator St?l.) and development of artificial nest prototypes for nurturing the bugs for the benefit of biological pest…

Breakthroughs in Honey Bee Health: Continuous-Release Mist Diffusion of Thymol-Based Essential Oils

Animal Sciences

Honey bee (Apis mellifera) pollination is responsible for approximately 80% of all cultivated crops. Unfortunately, the latest reports suggest losses of 30-50% of all bee colonies in the US.…

Chasing Fireflies: Creating a Firefly Sanctuary to Increase the Firefly Population

Animal Sciences

What would a summer night be without fireflies? Unfortunately, they are now at risk of becoming an endangered species. Habitat loss, light pollution, and the use of pesticides have dramatica…

Climate Change on Crocodilians: Modeling the Effects of Phenological Shifts

Animal Sciences Fourth Award

Climate change is causing precipitation and temperature patterns to change, and in response species are undergoing phenological shifts, changes in reproduction timing. To explore the effects…

Comparison of Same-Hen Yolk and Serum Antibody Levels Using the Elisa Test Following Vaccination with Typical Vaccines Used in Commercial Laying Hens

Animal Sciences Second Award

Commercial quality assurance plans require ranches to maintain flock health programs that include periodic monitoring to evaluate vaccination response or disease exposure in egg laying chick…

Compartmentalization in Lepidopteran Development: Anterior Posterior Boundary Location and Interaction in Genus Morpho

Animal Sciences

Compartments in development are defined as separate cell populations that organize cell destiny and differentiation. Of particular interest is the anterior-posterior compartment. First analy…

Connections Between Wing Color and Color Vision Among the Monarch Butterfly and the Rare White Morph, Danaus plexippus nivosus

Animal Sciences

Dark orange filtering pigments found in Monarch butterflies' eyes are critical in discriminating long wavelength colors such as oranges and yellows. It is suspected these filtering pigments…

Development of a Mobile Application that Facilitates Temperature Monitoring of the Honeybee (Apis mellifera) for Beekeeping in Rural Areas

Animal Sciences

Precision Apiculture is a subbranch of agriculture that isn't commonly known. One of the major factors that it monitors is the temperature of the beehive, which can bring drastic consequence…

Development of Lady Beetle Cultivation for Pest Control

Animal Sciences Fourth Award

The objective of this research was to examine the feasibility of using lady beetles for pest control. The exploration showed that there were 2 groups of lady beetles, i.e. pest lady beetles…

Effects of 20-Hydroxyecdysone and Calcium Supplemented Prednisone on the Body Length of Drosophila melanogaster

Animal Sciences

Due to asthma, I took prednisone, an oral corticosteroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. During my 7th grade physical, my doctor noticed my growth rate had decreased from the 50th…

Effects of Embryological Exposure to Cortisol on Gene Expression during Tailfin Regeneration in Adult Zebrafish

Animal Sciences

Cortisol is a hormone released in response to acute stress that regulates blood pressure, controls the circadian rhythm, increases blood sugar, and controls many other processes at basal lev…

Evaluating the Benefits? of Selected Medicinal Herbs? on the Regeneration Rate? of D. dorotocephala?

Animal Sciences

This study tested the effects of three medicinal herbs: turmeric (Curcuma longa), sprout barley (Hordeum vulgare), and ginseng (Panax ginseng). A variety of medicinal herbs have been used to…

Evaluating the Intraspecific Relationship and Reciprocal Reaction Within Group Learning Shark Behavior Patterns

Animal Sciences

Sharks are perceived as instinctual organisms absent of social intraspecific learning. The purpose of this study is to establish the social learning cascade of sharks through a model organis…

Examining the Predatory Relationship Between the Invasive Green Crab (Carcinus maenas) and the Indigenous Blue Mussel (Mytilus edulis) in the Gulf of Maine

Animal Sciences Third Award

Green crabs (Carcinus maenas) are an invasive species in Maine that have severely impacted marine environments and decimated commercially-significant bivalve populations, including the blue…

Experimentation on Larvicidal Activities of Acacia auriculiformis Dry Fruit Extracts on Different Life Cycle Stages of Anopheles sp, Culex sp, Chironomus sp and Clogmia sp for Showing Its Potential Ability as a Natural Sewage Treatment Agent

Animal Sciences

Experimentation on larvicidal activities of Acacia auriculiformis fruit extracts on different life cycle stages of Anopheles, Culex, Chironomus and Clogmia for showing its potential ability…

Exploring the Role of Frazzled in Drosophila Neural Circuit Assembly and Foraging Behavior

Animal Sciences Fourth Award

The mushroom body (MB) is an intelligence center of the Drosophila brain. It plays essential roles in many aspects of behavior, including learning and memory, motivation, courtship, and slee…

Factors that Affect Bird Activity and Diversity In Jefferson County in the Morning vs. the Afternoon

Animal Sciences

My project compares bird activity in the morning and the afternoon to determine if the time of day and temperature affect the diversity and number of birds found in my yard. Ornithology, the…

Feeding Modality and Saturation Response in the Jaws of New Zealand White Rabbits

Animal Sciences

Cyclical loading causes bone formation, however, there is evidence that found that prolonged periods of continuous loading can cause a reduced bony response to the loading stimulus as the ce…

Fruit Fly Frenzy: Investigating the Development of Insecticide Resistance in Drosophila melanogaster

Animal Sciences

The United States uses over one billion pounds of insecticides annually due to an estimated 37% of pest derived destruction in the potential crop yield of North America. However, as problems…

Herbal Nanoparticles (Plant Crystals) and Extract- A Safe Alternative to Combat Anopheles culicifacies and Aedes aegypti

Animal Sciences

This study aimed to combat two important species of mosquitoes, Anopheles culicifacies and Aedes aegypti that transmit human diseases. In this research, botanical pesticides were used as an…

How Animals Talk: Understanding Silk Moth Communication Through Detection of Pheromones with an Electronic Nose

Animal Sciences

Pheromones are chemicals released by individuals of a species that act as external hormones upon conspecifics. This study focused on bombykol, a volatile sex pheromone released by the female…

How Do Butterfly Wings Repel Water? The Relationship between Super-Hydrophobicity and the Fine Structure Common to Butterflies

Animal Sciences

Butterflies can fly on rainy days without their wings getting soaked with water. However, there are few studies comparing differences in hydrophobicity and in the factor among species or win…

Investigation on Amino Acid DL-Phenylalanine’s Ability as a Cognitive Stimulant in V. costata

Animal Sciences

Snails are seemingly harmless animals in agricultural ecosystems: they are decomposers that feed off rotting vegetation and surplus soil nutrients. However, in order to move and maintain hom…

Investigation on High Twinning Rates in Cattle Using Sanger Sequencing

Animal Sciences

On average, beef cattle have twins once in every 100 births or a 1% twinning rate. My family’s herd of 35 cattle had five sets of twins in the 2020 calving season, which is 14% of the herd.…