Zoology: Scientific study of animals
Zoology is the science of studying animal life.
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It is part of biology. Animal life is classified into groups called phyla, of which there are at least thirty.
Zoologists are scientists who study animals. They may work in laboratories, or do field research. The methods are many and various. At the heart, they cover the structure, function, ecology and evolution of animals. The structure is investigated by dissection, and microscopic examination. The function is investigated by observation and experiment. Palaeontology supplies information about extinct animals. Zoologists may be employed by universities, museums, non-profit organisations, universities, or by zoos.
Short-list of zoologists
Some zoologists:
- Louis Agassiz (malacology, ichthyology)
- Aristotle
- Henry Walter Bates
- Buffon
- Jennifer Clack
- Charles Darwin
- Theodosius Dobzhansky
- Dian Fossey (primatology)
- Conrad Gessner
- Geoffroy
- Jane Goodall (primatology)
- John Gould, ornithology
- Stephen Jay Gould
- Ernst Haeckel
- Julian Huxley
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Libbie Hyman (invertebrate zoology)
- William Kirby (father of entomology)
- Lamarck
- Louis Leakey (palaeoanthropology)
- Linnaeus (father of systematics)
- Konrad Lorenz (ethology)
- John Maynard Smith
- Fritz Müller
- Richard Owen (Natural History Museum)
- John Ray
- E.O. Wilson, (entomology, founder of sociobiology)
- Jakob van Uexküll (animal behavior, invertebrate zoology)
- Alfred Russel Wallace
- James Watson
- August Weismann
- Gilbert White
Animal phylum
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