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
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