Zoology

Zoology is the science. It is about animals. It is part of biology.

Zoologist is someone who studies zoology.

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
Acarology — Arachnology — Cetology — Entomology — Ethology — Herpetology — Ichthyology — Mammalogy — Neuroethology — Ornithology — Paleozoology — Paleontology