Animal Tales
Science communication by Kenyon's BIOL 261: Animal Behavior students
About the project
Kenyon College students in BIOL 261: Animal Behavior each report on two recent publications related to the course topic. Their task is to communicate the science in an engaging way to a non-specialist audience. Additionally, they create or commission figures to accompany the written pieces. These figures are meant to help elaborate the scientific story. Through this assignment, students learn about copyright and proper attribution of work.
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Gotta break a few eggs to make an omelet. And feed the bears
It’s a bright, chilly morning on the Canadian tundra. You crawl out of your den, eyelids heavy from sleep, into the light of day. The Sun hardly sets this time of year, its harsh light makes you squint as you emerge onto the flat expanse of squishy, wet, half-frozen...
Birds can be left handed!
Are you right handed or left handed? Did you know that animals can be right or left handed too? Even if they don’t have hands, a lot of animals do “behavioral lateralization” which means that they use one side of their body more than the other side. Fish, mammals,...
Crossmodal Association
.. Imagine someone asked you to make the noise a tiny chihuahua would make. You wouldprobably make a high pitched “yip.” But if someone asked you to make the sound of a large St.Bernard, you would probably make a low pitched “woof.” This is an example of a...
