/tags/animal-science Animal Science en-US Copyright Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:59:37 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-31/what-kids-can-learn-from-four-legged-laboratories Humans have associated dogs with death for millennia. Ancient Persians believed a dog’s stare drove the demon Nasu out of a corpse. Some Mayan traditions… Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:59:37 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2019-07-31/what-kids-can-learn-from-four-legged-laboratories Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /science-technology/2019-07-31/what-kids-can-learn-from-four-legged-laboratories Humans have associated dogs with death for millennia. Ancient Persians believed a dog’s stare drove the demon Nasu out of a corpse. Some Mayan traditions… Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:59:37 GMT /science-technology/2019-07-31/what-kids-can-learn-from-four-legged-laboratories Grant Holub-Moorman, Anita Rao /show/the-state-of-things/2017-07-04/when-it-comes-to-bird-brains-size-doesnt-matter Bird brains are the size of a nut, or possibly even smaller in some cases. But a plethora of new research shows that despite their small brain size, birds… Tue, 04 Jul 2017 15:55:00 GMT /show/the-state-of-things/2017-07-04/when-it-comes-to-bird-brains-size-doesnt-matter Anita Rao, Frank Stasio /science-technology/2017-07-04/when-it-comes-to-bird-brains-size-doesnt-matter Bird brains are the size of a nut, or possibly even smaller in some cases. But a plethora of new research shows that despite their small brain size, birds… Tue, 04 Jul 2017 15:55:00 GMT /science-technology/2017-07-04/when-it-comes-to-bird-brains-size-doesnt-matter Anita Rao, Frank Stasio