biologists
Organism study experts
Biologists are scientists who study living organisms and life processes.
The term covers specialists across many subfields—molecular biologists, marine biologists, evolutionary biologists, microbiologists—united by their focus on how living things function, develop, and interact: Biologists discovered a new species in the Amazon.
Conservation biologists warn that habitat loss threatens biodiversity.
Facility for scientific investigation
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- dataFacts for analysis
analysis · publication · methodology · findings · fieldwork · sampling · statistics · bioinformatics
Basic unit of life
- speciesFinest taxonomic rank
- organismLiving biological entity
- anatomyStudy of organism structure
- physiologyScience of bodily functions
metabolism · taxonomy · classification · morphology · reproduction · homeostasis · vertebrate · invertebrate
British naturalist, species theorist
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- fossilPreserved ancient organism
trait · fitness · divergence · convergence · homology · vestigial · variation · descent
Hereditary code molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- genomicsStudy of entire genetic sequences
- mutationPermanent DNA alteration
alleles · genotype · phenotype · genome · sequencing · nucleotide · epigenetics · transcription
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- populationAll inhabitants combined
community · niche · keystone · trophic · decomposer · producer · consumer · biome
Study of fauna
- botanyScience of flora
- marineRelating to the sea
- entomologyStudy of insects
- ornithologyScientific study of birds
virology · mycology · neuroscience · immunology · epidemiology · paleontology · cytology · pathology
laboratory
Facility for scientific investigation
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- hypothesisTestable proposed explanation
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
data · analysis · publication · methodology · findings · fieldwork · sampling · statistics · bioinformatics · dissection
cell
Basic unit of life
physiology · metabolism · taxonomy · classification · morphology · reproduction · homeostasis · vertebrate · invertebrate · microbe
Darwin
British naturalist, species theorist
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
fossil · trait · fitness · divergence · convergence · homology · vestigial · variation · descent · Mendel
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- genomicsStudy of entire genetic sequences
mutation · alleles · genotype · phenotype · genome · sequencing · nucleotide · epigenetics · transcription · replication
ecosystem
Interconnected organisms and surroundings
- biodiversityRange of life forms
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
population · community · niche · keystone · trophic · decomposer · producer · consumer · biome · endangered
zoology
Study of fauna
- botanyScience of flora
- marineRelating to the sea
- entomologyStudy of insects
ornithology · virology · mycology · neuroscience · immunology · epidemiology · paleontology · cytology · pathology · ecology
- naturalistsCharles Darwin, naturalist, field researcher, botanist, Carl Linnaeus
- notable peoplepoliticians, artists, leaders, writers, scientists
- academiaprofessors, universities, graduation cap, professor, thesis statement
- academicsprofessor, course, university professors, math, professors
- healthcare workersdoctor, nurse, surgeon, dentist, paramedic
- Northern PeopleInuit, Aleut, Haida, Athabascan, Athabaskan
biologistsphysicists
Scientists studying matter, energy
chemists · mathematicians · geologists · astronomers · astrophysicists
biologistsexterminators
Professionals who eliminate vermin
poachers · taxidermists · hunters · roboticists · butchers
- marine biologistStudies sea life professionally
- wildlife biologistsScientists studying wild animals
- molecular biologistResearcher of cellular chemistry
- evolutionary biologistStudies hereditary change in populations
biologist, microbiologist, paleobiologist, molecular biologist