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zoology

[zoh-ol-uh-jee] / zoʊˈɒl ə dʒi /




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At Birmingham University, he studied zoology but refused to do animal experiments.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

Before turning to literature, Wells had studied zoology, and though much of what he had learned has now been superseded, the view of race advanced in this book, for instance, has held up well.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

"Ants are everywhere," said lead author Arthur Matte, a Ph.D. student in zoology at the University of Cambridge.

From Science Daily • Dec. 22, 2025

Born in 1942 to an aristocratic British family in Dorset, England, Douglas-Hamilton studied biology and zoology in Scotland and Oxford before moving to Tanzania to research elephant social behaviour.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Mendel had spent two years studying physics, chemistry, geology, botany, and zoology at the university in Vienna.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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