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Zoologists are biologists who study animals. They learn about those animals and their ecosystems by observing them under natural conditions and also by studying them in laboratories. Zoologist John Hoogland studies wild prairie dogs in the grasslands of western North America. Says Behavioral Ecologist Hoogland, the work of zoologists “contributes to our understanding of why animals do what they do.” His work with prairie dogs “has implications for other social animals, including humans.” Zookeeper Anne Knapp studies and helps protect the health of hundreds of animals at Zoo New England. She also observes their behavior and helps improve and maintain their diets and the enclosures where they live.
Anne Knapp liked science when she was a kid, but she always wanted to be a dancer or an actor. She trained in dancing and theater until college, where she started as a theater major at Central …
Have you ever crawled through a tunnel at the zoo and popped up through a hole in the ground, pretending you're a prairie dog? Real prairie dogs dig complex systems of underground tunnels. Their …
