We all know dogs are man’s best friend. But who is your dog’s best friend? Join us in a new Zoo Science series: Pet Detectives to learn more about your dog’s preferences and how they think from the zoo’s biologists. Each episode we’ll provide a fun and simple experiment that you can try at home with your own dog. Use your dog’s sense of smell to test his/her preferences amongst your family members.

We have created some helpful clips if you're unable to watch the full video:
1.L.1 Understanding Animal Behavior (30 sec): https://youtu.be/2mkreNeoLUE?t=8
4.L.1 Sense of Smell (1 min 20 sec): https://youtu.be/2mkreNeoLUE?t=112

Your dog might see more than you think! Join us for the third episode of Pet Detectives and learn how your dog’s evolutionary history shaped his color vision and how you can test it at home! It’ll be paws-itively fun!

We have created helpful clips if you're unable to watch the full video:
K.L.1 Human Vision vs. Dog Vision (1 min): https://youtu.be/MjuZyfIKmNU?t=21
4.L.1 Colors that dogs can see (25 sec): https://youtu.be/MjuZyfIKmNU?t=170

Did you hear that? Listen in as we try some experiments with our hearing! Hopefully after these fun experiments in our series Science in the Dark you will have a greater appreciation for the night.

We have created helpful clips if you're unable to watch the full video:
K.P.2 Comparing Sounds (1 minute): https://youtu.be/ymhddf8yrXI?t=124
2.P.1 Rotating ears and sound (1.5 min): https://youtu.be/ymhddf8yrXI?t=46
4.L.1 Big ears and rotating ears (1+ min): https://youtu.be/ymhddf8yrXI?t=33

Did you see that? Hopefully after these fun experiments in our series Science in the Dark you will have a greater appreciation for the night. Now let’s “see” how our eyes are affected by the dark!

We have created helpful clips if you're unable to watch the full video:
K.L.1 Owl vs Human Eyesight (1.5 min): https://youtu.be/Yk4OyNUTXWw?t=29
4.L.1 Owl Eyesight (45 sec): https://youtu.be/Yk4OyNUTXWw?t=25
4.L.1 Human Eyesight (45 sec): https://youtu.be/Yk4OyNUTXWw?t=79

Hopefully after these fun experiments in our series Science in the Dark you will have a greater appreciation for the night. Be nosy and find out some fun ways to use our sense of smell!

We have created some helpful clips if you're unable to watch the full video:
K.P.2 Sense of smell with a wet nose (30 sec): https://youtu.be/N4G0HM39nUA?t=100
4.L.1 Sense of Smell (35 sec): https://youtu.be/N4G0HM39nUA?t=20

Explore how blubber or fat helps arctic animals stay warm.

We have created a helpful clip if you're unable to watch the full video:
4.L.1 The purpose of Blubber (3.5 min): https://youtu.be/a-vK0G9OM_U?t=58

Join Cynthia as she explores the world of surface tension and how animals like water striders use it to walk on water!

We have created some helpful clips if you're unable to watch the full video:
3.P.2 Surface Tension Broken Chemically (1 min 15 sec): https://youtu.be/7DVMa_Dijjw?t=159
4.L.1 How water striders stay on the water's surface (2 min): https://youtu.be/7DVMa_Dijjw?t=254