What Does a Biologist Do?
Speaking broadly, as someone who has completed college or higher level training in the life sciences, a biologist is equipped to pursue a wide range of careers. This article will take a look at some of the range of vocational choices that a biologist may choose to follow. In the area of agriculture, a biologist could pursue agronomy, or soil science, studying issues relating to crops, soil, and the environment. Animal science gives the biologist the ability to pursue interests in the dairy industry, horse breeding, or in veterinary medicine. Aquatic science includes fields like limnology, the study of freshwater systems, as well as marine biology and oceanography. Fisheries biology is also related to this area, as is ichthyology, the study of fish. Marine mammal science focuses on another class of aquatic animals. Outside of the water animals, we find the other areas commonly grouped under zoology. Entomology, the study of insects, falls into this category, as does, herpetology, the fi
Hi Carla, there are lots of types of things a biologist does (for examples see here http://www.askabiologist.org.uk/punbb/v … php?id=576). The simplest way to understand what they do is to look at the name – bio means “life” and ology means “study of”. Biology is the study of life. Some of us study life in labs using chemicals and expensive equipment, some of us in the field with a notebook and sweepnet, whilst others sit in an office in front of a computer. I personally work in a museum, where we keep examples of organisms for people to study and learn from.
