What is Zoology?:
Biology is the study of life. The word comes from the Greek roots “bios,” meaning “life,” and “logos,” meaning “study.” The subset of biology that deals specifically with the study of
animals is
zoology (from the Greek “zoon,” meaning “animal.”)
So, to properly understand what zoology is, we must first understand what an “animal” is. That brings us to the disciplines of
systematics and
taxonomy.