zoology
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Attenborough's lifelong passion for the natural world began as child, and he went on to study geology and zoology at university.
From Barron's • May 6, 2026
Specialists in zoology, ecology, and botany worked together to uncover how different species manage to survive there.
From Science Daily • Mar. 2, 2026
The couple, together since meeting in a 2014 college zoology class, say outsiders shouldn't judge their lives.
From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025
As a graduate student in zoology in the 1960s, the Scotsman Iain Douglas-Hamilton took on a dilemma in East Africa.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
Then in 1927, a professor of zoology in a Texas university, Dr. H. J. Muller, found that by exposing an organism to X-radiation, he could produce mutations in succeeding generations.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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Power Suffix: -ology
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