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Zoology is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. The study of animal life is, of course, ancient: but as 'zoology' it is relatively modern, for what we call biology was known as 'natural history' at the start of the nineteenth century. During the lifetime of Charles Darwin, natural history turned from a gentlemanly pursuit to a modern scientific activity. Zoology as we know it was first established in German and British universities.

Morphography (a branch of zoology) includes the systematic exploration and tabulation of the facts involved in the recognition of all the recent and extinct kinds of animals and their distribution in space and time.The museum-makers of old days and their modern representatives the curators and describers of zoological collections, early explorers and modern naturalist travelers and writers on zoo-geography, and collectors of fossils and palaeontologists are the chief varieties of zoological workers coming under this heading. Gradually, anatomical study has associated itself with the more superficial morphography until today no one considers a study of animal form of any value which does not include internal structure, histology and embryology in its scope.

Animals are a major group of organisms, classified as the kingdom Animalia or Meta­zoa. In general they are multi­cellular, capable of locomotion, responsive to their environment, and feed by consuming other organisms. Their body plan becomes fixed as they develop, usually early on in their development as embryos, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on.

The word "animal" comes from the Latin word animal, of which animalia is the plural, and is derived from anima, meaning vital breath or soul. In everyday usage animal refers to any member of the animal kingdom that is not a human being, and sometimes excludes insects (although including such arthropods as crabs). The use of the word animal in law typically reflects the common pre-scientific use of the word, roughly equivalent to what modern biology would classify as nonhuman mammal. For example, wildlife laws commonly use phrases such as "animals, birds and fish."

The Scripture is full of references to animals, but they are not described in modern scientific terms. Almost always, they are connected with some spiritual significance, to teach us about God or to give us instruction about how we are to live. (A few examples of these are Job 12:7-10, Prov. 6:6-8, and Matthew 6:26.) Genesis 1 tells us that swimming and flying creatures were created on the fifth day, and that cattle, creeping things, and beasts of the earth were created on the sixth. God then created man and gave him dominion over the "fish of the sea, the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." As Christians we want to avoid two extremes when dealing with animals. First, we must avoid abusing and exploiting them (Prov. 12:10). But second, we should not idolize them. In fact, Romans 1 says that it is a curse from God when we do. Animals are beasts, for our use as we obey God's command to take dominion over the earth.

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100 Things You Should Know about Mammals
by Jinny Johnson
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1001 Bugs to Spot
by Emma Helbrough
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African Critters
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by Robert S. Lemmon, illustrated by Fritz Kredel
1955 Edition from Random House
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All About Strange Beasts of the Present
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by Niko Tinbergen
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Animals do the Strangest Things
by Leonora & Arthur Hornblow, illustrated by Michael K. Frith
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Answers Book for Kids Volume 2
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Audubon's Birds of America
by John James Audubon
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Big Book of Big Animals
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from M. A. Donohue & Company
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Birds Every Child Should Know
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Book of Eagles
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Book of Small Mammals
by Ted S. Pettit, illustrated by G. Don Ray
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$14.00 (1 in stock)
Boy Who Drew Birds
by Jacqueline Davies
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$17.99
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Marvels of Creation
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$10.39
Bringing Back the Wolves
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by John L. and Jean George, illustrated by Jean George
from E.P. Dutton & Co.
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Bug Dictionary
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$3.50 (1 in stock)
Bugs Big & Small God Made Them All
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$13.59
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by Thornton W. Burgess
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$28.99
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Golden Library of Knowledge
by Richard A. Martin
from Golden Press
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Butterfly Is Patient
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$16.99
Butterfly Is Patient
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from Chronicle Books
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$7.99
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by Marianne Besser, illustrated by Shannon Stirnweis
from Holiday House
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Usborne Beginners
by Stephanie Turnbull
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$2.70 (1 in stock)
Crinkleroot's Guide to Knowing Animal Habitats
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$14.39
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$13.59
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2002 Caldecott Honor Book, NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor Book
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$10.00 (1 in stock)
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DK First Animal Encyclopedia
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by Nathaniel Benchley, illustrated by Mamoru Funai
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$8.00 (1 in stock)
Egg Is Quiet
by Dianna Hutts Aston
Library Binding from Chronicle Books
for Kindergarten-4th grade
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$16.99
Exploring Creation With Zoology 1
Young Explorer Series
by Jeannie Fulbright
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 3rd-6th grade
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$39.20
Exploring Creation With Zoology 1 (old)
Young Explorer Series
by Jeannie Fulbright
from Apologia Educational Ministries
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$31.50
Exploring Creation With Zoology 2
Young Explorer Series
by Jeannie Fulbright
from Apologia Educational Ministries
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$34.30 $18.00 (2 in stock)
Exploring Creation With Zoology 2 (April 2024)
Young Explorer Series
by Jeannie Fulbright
2nd edition from Apologia Educational Ministries
for 3rd-6th grade
in Apologia Young Explorer (Location: SCICUR-AEM)
$39.20
Exploring Creation With Zoology 3
by Jeannie Fulbright
from Apologia Educational Ministries
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$39.20 $28.00 (3 in stock)
Extraordinary Life
by Laurence Pringle, illustrated by Bob Marstall
from Orchard Books
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1998 NCTE Orbis Pictus Award
in Insects & Arachnids (Location: SCI-BUG)
Eyes on Nature: Cats
Eyes on Nature
by Janr P. Resnick
from KidsBooks, Inc.
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
First Book of Birds
by Olive Thorne Miller
School Edition from Houghton Mifflin
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First Book of Bugs
First Book Series
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from Franklin Watts
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First Look at Dinosaurs
from Walker and Company
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Fish Do the Strangest Things
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God's Big Book of Animals
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$30.39 $24.00 (1 in stock)
Great Animal Search
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$6.30 (1 in stock)
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by Barbara Brenner, illustrated by Irene Brady
from Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, Inc.
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$15.00 (1 in stock)
Insects Do the Strangest Things
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Joey
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$4.00 (1 in stock)
Junior Book of Insects
by Edwin Way Teale
1962 Printing from E.P. Dutton & Co.
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Kiya the Gull
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from Addison Wesley
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
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by Glen Rounds
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Magic School Bus Inside a Beehive
Magic School Bus
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from Scholastic Inc.
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Magnificent Mammals
Marvels of Creation
by Buddy & Kay Davis
from Master Books
for 2nd-6th grade
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$11.19
Marsupials
by Nic Bishop
from Scholastic Inc.
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Maxton Book About Bees and Wasps
by Valerie Swenson
from Maxton Publishers
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Meadows in the Sea
by Alida Sims Malkus, illustrated by Margaret Cosgrove
from World Publishing Company
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
National Life Federation World of Birds
by Kim Kurki
from Black Dog & Leventhal
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Nature's Champions
by Alvin and Virginia Silverstein, Illustrated by Jean Zallinger
from Random House
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$9.00 (1 in stock)
Nature's Clean-Up Crew: The Burying Beetles
by Lorus J. Milne and Margery Milne
from Dodd, Mead & Co.
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
Nest Full of Eggs
by Priscilla Belz Jenkins
from HarperCollins
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Nest Is Noisy
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from Chronicle Books
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$16.99
Oh Say Can You Say Di-no-saur?
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from Random House Books for Young Readers
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$4.50 (1 in stock)
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First Edition from Boyds Mill Press
for 3rd-5th grade
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Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for Birds of America
by John James Audubon
1985 edition from American Heritage Publishing Co.
for Preschool-3rd grade
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$35.00 (1 in stock)
Ospreys
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
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Smithsonian Wild Heritage Collection
by Bettye Rogers, illustrated by Deborah Howland
from Trudy Corporation
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$5.00 (1 in stock)
Real Book About Amazing Animals
by Alec Dickinson, edited by Helen Hoke and illustrated by Fred Collins
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$6.00 (1 in stock)
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from Parents Magazine Press
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Sensational Sea Creatures
Marvels of Creation
by Buddy & Kay Davis
from Master Books
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$11.19
Shine-A-Light: Secrets of Animal Camouflage
Shine-A-Light
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$7.00 (1 in stock)
Sign of the Seahorse
by Graeme Base
First Edition from Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
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Smithsonian Super Bug Encyclopedia
by John Woodward
from DK Publishing
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$12.50 (1 in stock)
Snakes and Lizards
by George S. Fichter; illustrated by David Mooney
from Western Publishing
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$3.00 (1 in stock)
Spider and the Fly
by Tony DiTerlizzi; based on the story by Mary Howitt
1st edition from Simon and Schuster
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2003 Caldecott Honor Book
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$18.99
Summer Walk
by Virginia Brimhall Snow
from Gibbs M. Smith
for Preschool-3rd grade
in Nature Study (Location: NAT-GEN)
$16.99
The Birds
Life Nature Library
by Roger Tory Peterson
from Time-Life Books
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in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Tony's Birds
by Millicent E. Selsam
from Unknown Publisher
for 1st-3rd grade
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Travels of Monarch X
by Ross E. Hutchins, illustrated by Jerome P. Connolly
from Rand McNally
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in Vintage Science & Math (Location: VIN-SCI)
$14.00 (1 in stock)
Two Bad Ants
by Chris Van Allsburg
from Houghton Mifflin
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in Oversized Picture Books (Location: PIC-OVER)
$4.00 (1 in stock)
Usborne Discovery: Sharks
by Jonathan Sheikh-Miller
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Usborne Discovery: Sharks
by Jonathan Sheikh-Miller
from Usborne
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