Check out this young explorer’s soaring bird artwork!
Author: The Ethogram
The official blog of the UC Davis Animal Behavior Graduate Group.
Field Notes: A Life-or-Death Game of Musical Chairs: How Do Baboons Choose Where to Sleep at Night?
Let’s take a little journey back in time. Remember when you walked into a classroom on the first day of school in, say, 8th grade? If you lucked out and your teacher let you choose where to sit, you had a pretty challenging decision ahead of you, whether you recognized it at the time or not….
Sunday Sketch: How the Reef Gets Made
A fact about the tiny creatures behind one of the planet’s largest geological structures
Ask a Scientist: Sneaky Snacking
Why do ants steal my food?
Sunday Sketch: Cool Under Pressure
A fact about an almost indestructible lil critter
Field Frame Friday: Caterpillars, Masters of Disguise!
Like many caterpillars in the family Papilionidae, spicebush swallowtails (Papilio troilus) are masters of deception. Young caterpillars mimic bird poop, while older caterpillars scare predators off with intimidating fake eyes (aka “eyespots”). During the day, they rest inside carefully constructed leaf rolls. The one you see above was made on one of its host-plants: sassafras (Sassafras albidum)….
Arts & Crafts: Lunch Time with Pandas
Join our young explorers’ pandas for lunch time!
Creature Feature: Bluebottle butterfly
How does a butterfly see the world?
Sunday Sketch: Noisy Neighbors
A fact about noise pollution’s affect on seals
Sci Hero: Dr. Isabella Aiona Abbott
The Ethogram believes that science should be accessible and diverse in order to increase the sense of belonging within the science community. As a part of our continuing effort to make science a more inclusive field, we will be highlighting a “Sci Hero” each month so that the next generation of scientists and naturalists may be inspired and identify with the diverse community that came before them.
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