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ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
As interest in marine resource development and naval capability grows, the need for efficient and maneuverable marine exploration technologies has become urgent. Current large-scale explorat…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
A population decline of Giant water bug (Lethocerus indicus), an edible insect, due to environmental changes, pesticide usage, and habitat destruction, was observed. This study aims to deter…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Captive rearing programs for endangered Native Hawaiian snails, or kahuli, face challenges due to limited research surrounding wild kahuli conditions and diet. They are essential in native e…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the 7th leading cause of death worldwide. It is characterized by the buildup of amyloid-ß plaques that trigger neuroinflammation and increase oxidative stress, ca…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
The Varroa mite is the most dangerous honey bee parasite and imperils global beekeeping, causing yield reductions over 40% and estimated annual economic losses of billions of dollars. Curren…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether bacteria found in livestock at stock shows are developing resistance to common antibiotics. This research aims to provide insights into a…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Maintaining healthy honey bee (Apis mellifera) populations is critical for biodiversity and agricultural sustainability. However, neonicotinoid pesticides such as imidacloprid pose significa…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
This study aims to enhance blue swimming crab larval survival for conservation before release into natural habitats, reducing environmental impact. Blue swimming crabs (Portunus pelagicus) p…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Quantitative analysis of colouration in specimens has always posed to be a challenge in taxonomy, and is yet often crucial as morphological traits may sometimes reveal variations not observe…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
The circadian rhythm is a 24-hour biological clock that regulates physiological and behavioral cycles in response to environmental light cues. While previous studies on circadian rhythms in…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Stingless bees (Tetragonula (Tetragonilla) collina) are key pollinators in agriculture and ecosystems. However, they are at risk of extinction due to the rapid urbanization, unsustainable ha…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
In the 21st century, microplastics have become an increasingly common anthropogenic environmental pollutant. While the effects of microplastic contamination on many large species have been e…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
This research proposed methods to enhance targeted crop pollination by training honeybees using synthetic floral mimic scents. Honeybees were individually trained through the Proboscis Exten…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Honeybees are indispensable pollinators, contributing 80% of crop pollination and $183 billion to the global economy annually. Unfortunately, in the US, beekeepers lose 40-50% of commercial…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
In many farms around the world, production is not maximized due to animals getting sick, which could affect their milk production, Reproduction, weight, and more, based on the The World Orga…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Fire ants cause billions of dollars of economic damage every year, and common control methods kill all insects in a given area, even advantageous ones. As my local community is highly effect…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Microplastics are widespread pollutants that pose risks to human health. Caenorhabditis elegans, a small nematode with a simple nervous system, is commonly used in biological research to ass…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Deep-sea octocorals are critical ecosystem engineers that form biodiversity-rich habitats and support commercially and pharmaceutically valuable species, yet remain understudied and increasi…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Climate change and global warming are ongoing issues that impact all ecosystems. They cause many environmental problems like acid rain, habitat degradation, and species range shifts. This ca…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Hector’s lantern fish (Lampanyctodes hectoris), a common mesopelagic species along the west coast, is known to be parasitized by the copepod Cardiodectes bellotti, which consumes its host’s…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
The project targeted two specific nutrients types, fiber and potassium and see if it has a correlation with methane productivity in cow manure. The goal was to increase the targeted nutrient…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
An owl wing is a mechanical marvel built for silent flight. The posterior margin of each feather has trailing edge fringe which is key to reducing air vortexes resulting in dramatically quie…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common and fastest-growing neurodegenerative disorder affecting over 10 million people worldwide, is characterized by progressive neurodegeneration…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
The increased use of technology has led to an increase in blue light exposure to children across the country. Studies have shown blue light to have negative effects on human circadian rhythm…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Hot Springs National Park (HOSP) has had two inventories of its amphibians and reptiles in the last 20 years. Despite limited results, they remain the most conclusive research of HOSP’s herp…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
This study aimed to enhance the efficiency of the biocontrol agent Steinernema carpocapsae, making it superior to chemical pesticides by increasing its speed in targeting pests and improving…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Remarkable declines in migratory songbird populations necessitate the investigation of persistent gaps in the study of migration ecology. As songbirds in active migratory passage have proven…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
PawPath is a non-invasive, risk-free gait monitoring device that assesses orthopedic and neurodegenerative diseases in canines. Gait abnormalities, which often signal conditions like arthrit…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Anthropogenic noise masks avian acoustic communication, leading to decreased reproductive success and delayed territorial defense behaviors. To compensate for acoustic masking, birds can adj…
ISEF · 2025
Animal Sciences
Invasive Anthozoan species, including the Octocorallia Unomia stolonifera and Capnella, and the Hexacorallia Fimbriaphyllia paraancora, Rhodactis, and Anemonia manjano, are proliferating wit…