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ISEF · 2021
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.…
ISEF · 2021
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 (…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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,…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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.…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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…
ISEF · 2021
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.…
ISEF · 2021
Animal Sciences
The horsefly which attack causes capacity diminution among people and is extremely damaging for agriculture, holds a special place among bloodsuckers in terms of harmfulness. Horseflies comm…