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Job Description
Study the origins, behavior, diseases, genetics, and life processes of animals and wildlife. May specialize in wildlife research and management. May collect and analyze biological data to determine the environmental effects of present and potential use of land and water habitats.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 19-1023.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 64,890.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 31.00
- Currently, there are 17,720 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists”.
Also Known As…
- Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
- Zoologist
- Wildlife Manager
- Wildlife Biologist
- Fishery Biologist
- Fisheries Biologist
- Fish and Wildlife Biologist
- Environmental Specialist
- Conservation Resources Management Biologist
- Assistant Research Scientist
- Aquatic Biologist
- Zookeeper
- Wildlife Technician
- Wildlife Program Manager
- Wildlife Health Specialist
- Wildlife Ecologist
- Wildlife Division Manager
- Wildlife Diversity Program Manager
- Wildlife Conservationist
- Threatened and Endangered Species Coordinator
- Terrestrial Ecologist
- Shark Biologist
- Protozoologist
- Ornithologist
- Nematologist
- Migratory Game Bird Biologist
- Marine Scientist
- Marine Biologist
- Mammalogist
- Limnologist
- Lepidopterist
- Ichthyologist
- Herpetologist
- Hatchery Superintendant
- Game Management Assistant Chief
- Forest Service Wildlife Program Leader
- Fisheries Management Biologist
- Fish Technologist
- Fish Culturist
- Fish Conservationist
- Fish Biologist
- Fish and Wildlife Scientific Aid
- Field Naturalist
- Ethologist
- Environmental Consultant
- Entomologist
- Ecologist
- Dolphin Researcher
- Cryptozoologist
- Black Bear Project Leader
- Behaviorist
- Animal Biologist
- Animal Behaviorist
Tasks for “Naturalist”
- Organize and conduct experimental studies with live animals in controlled or natural surroundings.
- Inform and respond to public regarding wildlife and conservation issues, such as plant identification, hunting ordinances, and nuisance wildlife.
- Coordinate preventive programs to control the outbreak of wildlife diseases.
- Study characteristics of animals, such as origin, interrelationships, classification, life histories and diseases, development, genetics, and distribution.
- Perform administrative duties such as fundraising, public relations, budgeting, and supervision of zoo staff.
- Disseminate information by writing reports and scientific papers or journal articles, and by making presentations and giving talks for schools, clubs, interest groups and park interpretive programs.
- Prepare collections of preserved specimens or microscopic slides for species identification and study of development or disease.
- Collect and dissect animal specimens and examine specimens under microscope.
- Check for, and ensure compliance with, environmental laws, and notify law enforcement when violations are identified.
- Oversee the care and distribution of zoo animals, working with curators and zoo directors to determine the best way to contain animals, maintain their habitats and manage facilities.
- Raise specimens for study and observation or for use in experiments.
- Make recommendations on management systems and planning for wildlife populations and habitat, consulting with stakeholders and the public at large to explore options.
- Study animals in their natural habitats, assessing effects of environment and industry on animals, interpreting findings and recommending alternative operating conditions for industry.
- Inventory or estimate plant and wildlife populations.
- Analyze characteristics of animals to identify and classify them.
Related Technology & Tools
- Petri dishes
- Four wheel drive 4WD vehicles
- Leather gloves
- Climbing belts
- Personal computers
- Sterilizing ovens
- Flow meters
- Extension ladders
- Dataloggers
- Conductivity meters
- Laboratory funnels
- Jet skis
- Bongo nets
- Secchi disks
- Multiplate samplers
- Mesh sieves
- Ekman dredges
- Notebook computers
- Archery bows
- Metric measuring tapes
- Snowmobiles
- Micrometers
- Desktop computers
- Compound binocular light microscopes
- Geodetic ground global positioning system GPS receivers
- Graduated glass laboratory cylinders
- D-ring nets
- Vernier calipers
- Compound microscopes
- Mist nets
- 35 millimeter cameras
- Benchtop centrifuges
- Culvert traps
- Laboratory freezers
- Snorkels
- Seines
- Water samplers
- Animal traps
- Photomicroscopes
- Hand lenses
- Rubber rafts
- Carbon dioxide CO2 monitors
- Hard hats
- Fume hoods
- Spotting scopes
- Specimen collection containers
- Radio telemetry equipment
- Boat trailers
- Fish traps
- Spectrometers
- Folsom plankton splitters
- Tree top peeper and video probe systems
- Canoes
- Scintillation vials
- Laser printers
- Small power boats
- Digital cameras
- Laboratory balances
- Laboratory beakers
- Dissolved oxygen meters
- Foot snares
- Portable refractometers
- Field thermometers
- Jellyfish scoops
- Binoculars
- Safety glasses
- All terrain vehicles ATV
- Monopan balances
- Dust masks
- Air compressors
- Spring scales
- Dropping pipettes
- Dart guns
- Odonata nets
- Water sample collection containers
- Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus SCUBA equipment
- Light traps
- Gill nets
- Drying ovens
- Rulers
- Aerial nets
- Compasses
- Plankton nets
- Water thermometers
- Laboratory mechanical convection incubators
- Clinometers
- Sweeping nets
- Adjustable widemouth pliers
- Benthic samplers
- Laser hypsometers
- Two way radios
- Egg candlers
- Nitrile gloves
- Stainless steel scalpel blades
- Dip net samplers
- Dissecting tools
- pH meters
- Dissecting microscopes
- Sledgehammers
- Tree corers
- Laboratory forceps
- Salinity meters
- Water pumps
- Steam autoclaves
- Volumeters
- Calorimeters
- Axes
- Animal transmitters
- Counting chambers
- Sieve buckets
- Microsoft Office
- Geographic information system GIS software
- Web browser software
- Email software
- Spreadsheet software
- Word processing software
- IBM Lotus 1-2-3
- Statistical software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Access
- ESRI ArcView
- Corel WordPerfect
- Microsoft Excel
- Data entry software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Computer modeling software
- Relational database software
- SAS
- Microsoft Project
- Database management software
- HATPRO
- ESRI ArcGIS software
- Microsoft Word