If you like to
questions,
weigh evidence and
problems and you like the idea of your office being the great outdoors,
a job as a zoologist or wildlife biologist. Zoologists
animals and how they
and
in their natural surroundings. They usually
in a specific type of animal scrutinizing its behavior, diseases and development. Wildlife biologists are concerned with the preservation of all types of animal and plant life
as well as with their overall environment. Their work is often geared to managing habitats to
threatened and endangered species. Some zoologists and wildlife biologists work regular hours in classrooms and laboratories, so they must be familiar with lab equipment, research techniques and computers. Others
their time out in the field enjoying or enduring the same conditions as the life forms they're studying. These scientists may
alone or as part of a team. They're employed by the government, colleges and universities, utilities, environmental consulting firms and conservation groups. Most employers
at least a masters degree in zoology, microbiology, biochemistry or a related field. Good writing and speaking skills are often
called for. But the greatest assets in this career may be an appreciation of living things and a fascination of how they
work and interact.