The Museum's zoologists study the diversity of animal life on Earth. They classify animals according to their evolutionary relationships and investigate their impact on ecology and human health.
The Department of Zoology is the largest and most diverse in the Museum and holds about 27 million specimens. The 121 scientists in the Department maintain and enhance the collections to study how animals have evolved and how different animal groups are related. The results can have vital relevance to ecology, conservation and human health issues worldwide. Recently developed research techniques, such as DNA sequencing, are adding new dimensions to the traditional science of the Department.
Copepod diversity
Electronic imaging of primary documentation
Molecular biology of schistosomes and their hosts
Parasites as indicators of the movements of deep-sea fish
Division: Facilities & Resources
Services Group
Administration Group
Division: Higher Vertebrates
Mammal Group
Bird Group (Tring)
Division: Lower Vertebrates
Reptile & Amphibia Research Group
Fish Research Group
Lower Vertebrate Curation Group
Division: Invertebrates 1
Mollusca & Porifera Research Group
Invertebrates I Curation Group
Division: Parasitic Worms
Division: Invertebrates 2
Cnidarian Research Group
Crustacea Research Group
Invertebrates 2 Curation Group
Nematode & Polychaete Research Group
Division: Marine Biological Services
Division: Protista & Mathematics
Microbiology Research Group
Biometrics Research Group
Division: Molecular Biology
Division: Experimental Taxonomy
General
Loch Ness worms
