How to become a Zoologist
Also called: Animal histologist, Animal physiologist, Animal taxonomist, Entomologist, Ichthyologist, Lepidopterist, Ornithologist, Parasitologist, Animal physiologist, Animal taxonomist
Zoologist conducts research into all forms of animal life to increase scientific knowledge. He/she may specialise in a particular branch of zoology, such as entomology, ornithology or animal ecology, marine biology and fisheries, and be designated accordingly.
Main tasks
- Undertaking research in laboratories and in the field to increase scientific knowledge of living organisms
- Designing and conducting experiments and tests to discover new information and test hypotheses
- Gathering human, animal, insect and plant specimens and data, and studying their origin, development, chemical and physical form, structure, composition, and life and reproductive processes
- Examining living organisms using a variety of specialised equipment, instruments, technologies and techniques such as electron microscopes, telemetry, global positioning systems, biotechnology, satellite imaging, genetic engineering, digital imaging analysis, polymerase chain reaction and computer modelling
- Identifying, classifying, recording and monitoring living organisms and maintaining databases
- Writing scientific papers and reports detailing research and new findings which are made available to the scientific community in scientific journals or at conferences for scrutiny and further debate
Ways in
- University: Science degrees, Offered by 4 universities in Singapore
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
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Questions people ask
How do I become a Zoologist?
Ways in include: Science degrees.
Will AI change the work of a Zoologist?
Generative AI could change some tasks in this job, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026