Ethology is the scientific study of animal behavior, and a branch of zoology. The desire to understand the animal world has made ethology a rapidly growing field, and since the turn of the 21st century, many prior understandings related to diverse fields such as animal communication, personal symbolic name use, animal emotions, animal culture and learning, and even sexual conduct, long thought to be well understood, have been revolutionized, as have new fields such as neuroethology.
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Biological Scientists Wage: $82,840 10 Year Growth Rate: 3.7% Self Employed: 3.2% Unemployment Rate: 3.0% Employed Part Time: 7.3% Education Requirements: Doctoral degree |
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists Wage: $61,000 10 Year Growth Rate: 8.7% Self Employed: 2.6% Unemployment Rate: 3.0% Employed Part Time: 7.3% Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree |
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Animal Scientists Wage: $55,000 10 Year Growth Rate: 9.8% Self Employed: 9.0% Unemployment Rate: 4.0% Employed Part Time: 11.4% Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree |
Animal Care and Service Workers Wage: $19,360 10 Year Growth Rate: 22.7% Self Employed: 56.9% Unemployment Rate: 2.4% Employed Part Time: 21.3% Education Requirements: Moderate-term on-the-job training |