animal biology
Fauna life study
Animal biology is the scientific study of animals—their structure, function, behavior, evolution, and classification.
The term overlaps substantially with zoology, though animal biology may emphasize physiological and molecular approaches while zoology traditionally focuses on whole organisms and their ecology.
She's pursuing a degree in animal biology.
- muscle tissueContractile body material
- DNA sequencingReading nucleotide base order
- circulatory systemHeart, vessels, blood together
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- embryogenesisFormation of early life
species identification · metamorphosis · genetic mutation · larval stages · phylogenetics · body plan · organogenesis · life cycle · adaptation · ethology · respiratory system · food chain · natural selection · zoology · nervous system · digestive tract · skeletal structure · migration patterns
- biologycells, DNA, cell, gene, bacteriology
- zoologymammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, insects
animal biologybotany
Science of flora
plant biology · plant science · mycology · microbiology · bacteriology
animal biologygeology
Study of Earth's composition
mineralogy · physics · chemistry · astronomy · geophysics
animal, animals, animality, animate, animated, animation, animator, inanimate, animus