Zoology
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Zoology is a science. Zoology means "the study of wildlife". It is about animals. It is part of biology.
Zoologists are scientists that study animals. They usually work on animals in the wild.
Some zoologists:
- Louis Agassiz (malacology, ichthyology)
- Aristotle
- Archie Carr, (June 16, 1909-May 21, 1987) (Herpetology--sea turtles)
- Charles Darwin
- Dian Fossey (primatology)
- Arthur David Hasler, (January 5, 1908-March 23, 2001) (limnology, ichthyology, salmon homing)
- Victor Hensen, (February 10, 1835-April 5, 1924) (planktology)
- Libbie Hyman (invertebrate zoology)
- William Kirby (father of entomology)
- Carolus Linnaeus (father of systematics)
- Konrad Lorenz (ethology)
- Desmond Morris (ethology)
- Thomas Say (entomology)
- E. O Wilson, b. 1929, (entomology, founder of sociobiology)
- Jakob van Uexküll (animal behavior, invertebrate zoology)
| Branches of Zoology |
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| Acarology — Arachnology — Cetology — Entomology — Ethology — Herpetology — Ichthyology — Mammalogy — Neuroethology — Ornithology — Paleozoology — Paleontology |
