zoology.

ZOOLOGY

it is branch of biology focusing on studying animals

ARISTOLE

“the father of zoology” classified over 500 animal species based on traits and behavior

historia animalium

provided detailed descriptions of animal anatomy, behavior, and habitats, influencing the Field for centuries

kitab al-hayawan

book that explored animal behavior, ecology, evolution

Al-Jahiz

Islamic scholars who wrote on animal adaptations and behavior

Leonardo Da Vinci 

contributed anatomical drawings and dissections

Carl Linnaeus

introduced binomial nomeclature, creating a systematic method to name and classify animals

Chares Darwin

published on the origin of species (1859), introducing the theory of evolution by natural selection

ENTOMOLOGY

study of insects

ICHTHYOLOGY

study of fish

HERPETOLOGY

study of reptiles and amphibians

ORNITHOLOGY

study of birds

Carolus Linnaeus 

collects and classified plants

ECOLOGY

study of the relationships between organism and their environment

Natural selection

organisms become adapted to the environments

Speciation

when the population splits into two distinct form that can no longer interbred

Genetic variation

mutation and recombination

cichlids

diverse family of Fishes most of which are found in rift lakes in Africa

Giant nile perch

introduced in lake of Africa in 1950’s

Global overpopulation

root of all other environmental problems

Exploitation of world resources

human overpopulation is stressing world resources

enaima

animals with blood

anaima

animals without blood

taxonomy hierarchy

a method of organizing and classifying living things from broad to narrow categories, with each group becoming progressively more specific

Systema Naturae

which introduced a novel method of classification that initially baffled any scholars

ETHOLOGY

study of animal behavior

WILDFIRE CONSERVATION

the protection of animals, plants, and natural habitats

MARINE BIOLOGY

studies of ocean life

Konrad Lorenz

Austrian zoologist known as the funder of modern ethology

theory of imprinting

Jean Baptiste Lamarck

how species adapt and change overtime

Hobart Muir Smith

American herpetologist known for describing over 100 new species of reptiles and amphibians

May Berenbaum

American entomologist known for discovering that honey contains phytochemicals that improve bee health and resistance to stress