Branches of Zoology The study of insects Entomology

Branches of Zoology

The study of insects.

Entomology

The study of mammals.

Mammology

The study of parasites, which are organisms that obtain food and shelter by living on or within another organism.

Parasitology

The study of behavior.

Ethology

The study of heredity.

Genetics

The study of reptiles & amphibians.

Herpetology

The study of the ways in which animals influence the people they interact with. Focuses on how the history of civilization has adapted to the animals they share their environment with and utilize animals for food, clothing, work, worship, and companionship.

Ethnozoology

The study of primates.

Primatology

The study of body functions in animals.

Physiology

The study of humankind. It studies all facets of society and culture. It studies tools, traditions, language, beliefs, kinships, values, social institutions, & cravings for beauty and art.

Anthropology

The study of prehistoric organisms.

Paleontology

The study of still unknown species of animals. Examples include Loch Ness Monster and Sasquatch.

Cryptozoology

The naming and classifying animals

Taxonomy

The study of fish.

Ichthyology

The study of birds.

Ornithology

Studying the changes of organisms over LONG periods of time.

Evolution

The study of the formation and development of organisms.

Embryology

The study of interrelationship or organisms and their environment.

Ecology