Links to Many Specific Career Descriptions

This is an alphabetical listing. All occupations involving health (medical or veterinary) are clustered together and may be accessed by clicking here or on "Medical and Health Occupations," under the letter "M."

• Agriculture (See also: Animal Science)
• Agronomy (See also: Soil Science, Agriculture)
• Animal Behavior (Ethology)
  • Description of the field
  • Animal Behavior Society
• Animal Science (See also: Agriculture, Dairy Science)
• Anthropology
• Aquatic Science (See also: Limnology, Marine Biology, Oceanography)
• Astrobiology

• Bacteriology--See Microbiology
• Biochemistry
• Biomechanics
• Biodiversity Studies--See Systematics
• Bioethics
• Bioinformatics   (Computer technology to study biological topics--see also:  Informatics)
• Biological Systems Engineering
• Biological Materials Supply Companies
• Biometry (Biostatistics)--See also: Mathematical Biology
• Medweb's Links
• Biometry at MUSC
• Biophysics
• Biotechnology (See also: Genetics)
• Biotech: Careers on the Cutting Edge
• Bio Online Home Page
• BioTech Work Portal
• Botany (See also: Plant Biology)
  • Careers in Botany
  • Botanical Gardens

• Conservation of Natural Resources
• Natural Resource Management
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• Fish and Wildlife Management
• Curation of Museums

• Dairy Science
• Developmental Biology

• Ecology and Environment (See also:  Landscape Ecology)
• Ecology as a Career (Ecological Society of America)
• Careers in Ecology and Environmental Studies
• Environmental Careers
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Outdoors and Environmental Careers Guide
• E Jobs: Environmental jobs, careers
• Endocrinology
  • Comparative Endocrinology
  • Medweb's Links
• Entomology (Study of Insects)
  • Education and Careers in Entomology
  • Discover Entomology (brochure)
  • American Board of Forensic Entomology (See also:  see under F, below)
• Environmental journalism
• Environmental Law
• Ethology--See Animal Behavior

F

• Fisheries Biology
• Food Science (See also: Nutrition, Under "Medicine...")
  • Institute of Food Science and Technology
  • Institute of Food Technologists
• Forensic Science (Biology and Law Enforcement)
  • Forensic Entomology--See Entomology
  • Zeno's Forensic Page
  • Forensic Science at Michigan State
  • The Forensic Panel
• Forestry
  • Arboriculture
  • Virtual Library: Forestry
  • Forest Service HomePage

G

• Genetic counseling
• Genetics (See also: Biotechnology)
  • Career Descriptions
  • Information for Human Genetic Professionals
  • American Society of Human Genetics
  • Links to Genetics Societies
• Genomics

H

• Health Fields--See "Medicine..."
• Herpetology (Reptiles, Amphibians)
• Historians of Biology
• Horticulture

I

• Ichthyology (Study of Fish: See also: Fisheries Biology)
  • American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
  • Smithsonian Ichthyology
• Immunology
  • Medweb's Links
  • Career description
• Informatics (Using Computers in Biology and Medicine--see also: Bioinformatics)
  • Medweb's Information
  • American Medical Informatics Association

J

K

L

• Laboratory Animal Science (See also: Veterinary Medicine, Under "Medicine...")
  • American Association for Laboratory Animal Science
  • National Association for Biomedical Research
• Landscape Architecture
• Limnology (See also: Aquatic Science and Marine Biology)
  • American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
  • Aquatic Science Careers

M

• Mammalogy: American Society of Mammalogists
• Marine Mammal Science
• Marine Biology
  • Scripps Institution Listing of Web Sites
  • Careers in Marine Science
  • Careers in Marine Biology
• Mathematical Biology (See also: Biometry)
• Medicine and Health Occupations
• Microbiology, Bacteriology
• Microscopy
  • Microscopy Society of America
  • Dennis Kunkel's Microscopy
• Mycology (Study of Fungi)
  • Virtual Library of Mycology

N

• Nematology (Study of Nematode Worms)
• Neuroscience (Neurobiology)
  • Society for Neuroscience
  • Neuroscience careers
  • Neurobiology

O

• Oceanography--See also: Aquatic Science and Marine Biology
  • Scripps Institution Listing of Web Sites
  • Aquanet
  • Careers in Oceanography
  • American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
  • Oceanography on the Net
• Ornithology (study of birds)
  • Electronic Resources on Ornithology
  • Birdnet

P

• Paleontology
  • Paleontology at Berkeley: Frequently Asked Questions
  • The Paleontological Society
• Parasitology
• The Peace Corps
• Philosophy of Biology
• Photobiology
• Phycological Society of America (Study of Algae)
• Physiology (Animal)
  • American Physiological Society
  • Comparative Physiology
• Plant Biology(see also: Botany)
• Plant Pathology
  • Careers in Plant Pathology
  • Plant Pathology Internet Guide Book
• Proteomics (study of protein structure and function)
  • Jobs in Proteomics

Q

R

S

• Science writer (See also: Environmental Journalism)
• Soil Science See also: Agronomy)
• Systematics (and Biodiversity)
  • Natural Science Collections Alliance
  • Systematic and Evolutionary Biology
  • Systematic Botany

T

• Teaching Biology
  • The Journal of College Science Teaching
  • National Association of Biology Teachers (Mostly High Schools)
  • Association for Biology Laboratory Education
• Theoretical Biology

U

V

• Veterinary Medicine--See Medicine and Health Occupations
• Virology (See also: Microbiology)

W

• Wildlife Conservation and Management--See Conservation of Natural Resources

X

Y

Z

• Zoology (See also: Animal Behavior, Entomology, Fisheries Biology, Herpetology, Ichthyology, Mammalogy, Ornithology)
  • Invertebrate Zoology
  • Vertebrate Morphology (Anatomy)
  • Careers with Animals
• Zoos and other Animal Parks
  • Careers in zoos and aquaria
  • Zoological Parks Careers
  • Zoo Management

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