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Zoology: The Science and Study of Animals
Laura Klappenbach
www.thoughtco.com/zoology-science-and-study-of-animals-129101
Laura Klappenbach
www.thoughtco.com/zoology-science-and-study-of-animals-129101
Zoology is the study of animals, a complex discipline that draws upon a diverse body of scientific observation and theory. It can be broken down into numerous sub-disciplines: ornithology (the study of birds), primatology (the study of primates), ichthyology (the study of fish), and entomology (the study of insects), to name a few. As a whole, zoology encompasses a fascinating and important body of knowledge that enables us to better understand animals, wildlife, our environment, and ourselves
To embark upon the task of defining zoology, we explore the following three questions:
How do we study animals?
How do we name and classify animals?
How do we organize the knowledge we acquire about animals?
How Animals Are Studied
Zoology, like all areas of science, is shaped by the scientific method. The scientific method--a series of steps that scientists take in order to acquire, test, and characterize the natural world--is the process by which zoologists study animals.
How Animals Are Classified
Taxonomy, the study of the classification and nomenclature of living things, enables us to assign names to animals and to group them into meaningful categories. Living things are classified into a hierarchy of groups, the highest level being the kingdom, followed by the phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. There are five kingdoms of living things: plants, animals, fungi, monera, and Protista. Zoology, the study of animals, focuses on those organisms in the animal kingdom.
Organizing Our Knowledge of Animals
Zoological information can be organized into a hierarchy of topics that focus on different levels of organization: the molecular or cellular level, the individual organism level, the population level, the species level, the community level, the ecosystem level, and so forth. Each level aims to describe animal life from a different perspective.
www.thoughtco.com/zoology-science-and-study-of-animals-129101
To embark upon the task of defining zoology, we explore the following three questions:
How do we study animals?
How do we name and classify animals?
How do we organize the knowledge we acquire about animals?
How Animals Are Studied
Zoology, like all areas of science, is shaped by the scientific method. The scientific method--a series of steps that scientists take in order to acquire, test, and characterize the natural world--is the process by which zoologists study animals.
How Animals Are Classified
Taxonomy, the study of the classification and nomenclature of living things, enables us to assign names to animals and to group them into meaningful categories. Living things are classified into a hierarchy of groups, the highest level being the kingdom, followed by the phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. There are five kingdoms of living things: plants, animals, fungi, monera, and Protista. Zoology, the study of animals, focuses on those organisms in the animal kingdom.
Organizing Our Knowledge of Animals
Zoological information can be organized into a hierarchy of topics that focus on different levels of organization: the molecular or cellular level, the individual organism level, the population level, the species level, the community level, the ecosystem level, and so forth. Each level aims to describe animal life from a different perspective.
www.thoughtco.com/zoology-science-and-study-of-animals-129101
Branches of zoology
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_zoology
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_zoology
Acarology - study of mites and ticks
Anthrozoology - study of interaction between humans and other animals
Arachnology - study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen, collectively called arachnids
Entomology - study of insects
Myrmecology - study of ants
Ethology - study of animal behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait
Herpetology - study of amphibians and reptiles
Batrachology - study of amphibians including frogs and toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians
Cheloniology - study of turtles and tortoises
Ichthyology - study of fish
Malacology - study of mollusks
Mammalogy - study of mammals
Neuroethology - study of animal behavior and its underlying mechanistic control by the nervous system
Ornithology - study of birds
Paleozoology - study of deals with the recovery and identification of multicellular animal remains from geological (or even archeological) contexts, and the use of these fossils in the reconstruction of prehistoric environments and ancient ecosystems
Parasitology - study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them
Helminthology – parasitic worms (helminths)
Planktology - study of plankton, various small drifting plants, animals and microorganisms that inhabit bodies of water
Primatology - study of primates
Protozoology - study of study of protozoan, the "animal-like" (i.e., motile and heterotrophic) protists
Endocrinology - study of endocrine systems
Nematology - study of nematodes (roundworms)
Herpetology=Study of snakes
Mamologgy = Study of Mammals
Ornithology= Study of Birds
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_zoology
Anthrozoology - study of interaction between humans and other animals
Arachnology - study of spiders and related animals such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen, collectively called arachnids
Entomology - study of insects
Myrmecology - study of ants
Ethology - study of animal behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait
Herpetology - study of amphibians and reptiles
Batrachology - study of amphibians including frogs and toads, salamanders, newts, and caecilians
Cheloniology - study of turtles and tortoises
Ichthyology - study of fish
Malacology - study of mollusks
Mammalogy - study of mammals
Neuroethology - study of animal behavior and its underlying mechanistic control by the nervous system
Ornithology - study of birds
Paleozoology - study of deals with the recovery and identification of multicellular animal remains from geological (or even archeological) contexts, and the use of these fossils in the reconstruction of prehistoric environments and ancient ecosystems
Parasitology - study of parasites, their hosts, and the relationship between them
Helminthology – parasitic worms (helminths)
Planktology - study of plankton, various small drifting plants, animals and microorganisms that inhabit bodies of water
Primatology - study of primates
Protozoology - study of study of protozoan, the "animal-like" (i.e., motile and heterotrophic) protists
Endocrinology - study of endocrine systems
Nematology - study of nematodes (roundworms)
Herpetology=Study of snakes
Mamologgy = Study of Mammals
Ornithology= Study of Birds
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_zoology