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When you think of biology, you may think back to your class in junior high or high school. What exactly is biology? Literally, biology mean the study of life. There are many different facets of biology, and most biologists focus on only one area of biology. Each of the different types of study of life has a specialization, whether it be plant life, animal life, or even down to microscopic life.
If you are interested in the interactions and relations between the environment and different organisms, you are interested in Ecology. Ecologists are extremely interested in ecosystems, and how all life interacts with each other.
Botanists are more interested in the specific study of plant life. Understanding the science behind how plants grow, what they need, and how they work is botany. This is a branch of ecology that focuses on one area of the world of organisms. There are different branches of botany, including mycology, which is the study of fungus.
Zoology is another branch of ecology, but zoology focuses on animal life. Zoologists focus on the evolution, behavior and structure of animals. They are also the ones that find and name new species of creatures on our planet. There are even branches of biology that focus on particular types of creatures. For example, herpetology is the study of reptiles.
Biochemistry studies the reactions in chemicals that are require for existence and function of life. Generally biochemistry has a large focus on cells and life at a cellular level.
There are so many different branches of biology that it is difficult to talk about them all. If you are interested in the study of life, you may be interested in looking into a career in biology. No matter your particular interest, you can find a field that will work best for you.
