Zoology

Zoology is the science of studying animal life. 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

List of animal phylum

Zoology Media

Conrad Gessner (1516–1565). His Historiae animalium is considered the beginning of modern zoology.
Linnaeus's table of the animal kingdom from the first edition of Systema Naturae (1735)
Kelp gull chicks peck at red spot on mother's beak to stimulate the regurgitating reflex.
A clade representation of seven dog breeds in relation to wolves.