Biologist
noun
A scientist who studies living things, like plants and animals.
The biologist examined the plant to understand its properties.
Often appears as...
- marine biologist
- evolutionary biologist
noun
A person who studies biology at school or university but is not yet a professional.
She got a degree in biology and dreamed of becoming a biologist.
Often appears as...
- student biologist
- aspiring biologist
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Academic
noun
A scientist who studies living things, like plants and animals.
The biologist examined the plant to understand its properties.
Often appears as...
- marine biologist
- evolutionary biologist
noun
A person who studies biology at school or university but is not yet a professional.
She got a degree in biology and dreamed of becoming a biologist.
Often appears as...
- student biologist
- aspiring biologist
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Field Specific
Biologists specialize in various fields, so context determines their specific role.
A marine biologist studies sea creatures.
Pro Tip 2/3Research Focus
A biologist usually does research, which can be fieldwork or lab work.
The biologist spent months in the Amazon rainforest conducting research.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Title
The title 'biologist' implies professional expertise, not just interest.
After earning his Ph.D., he became a renowned biologist.
Pro Tip 1/3Field Specific
Biologists specialize in various fields, so context determines their specific role.
A marine biologist studies sea creatures.
Pro Tip 2/3Research Focus
A biologist usually does research, which can be fieldwork or lab work.
The biologist spent months in the Amazon rainforest conducting research.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Title
The title 'biologist' implies professional expertise, not just interest.
After earning his Ph.D., he became a renowned biologist.
Pro Tip 1/3Field Specific
Biologists specialize in various fields, so context determines their specific role.
A marine biologist studies sea creatures.
Pro Tip 2/3Research Focus
A biologist usually does research, which can be fieldwork or lab work.
The biologist spent months in the Amazon rainforest conducting research.
Pro Tip 3/3Professional Title
The title 'biologist' implies professional expertise, not just interest.
After earning his Ph.D., he became a renowned biologist.
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Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
leopard for years for years probably ever since i was a little kid when i first saw one i thought it was a picture of something that wasn't real a made-up animal and as you kind of dream of becoming a wildlife filmmaker and a biologist the snow leopard's pretty much the one animal that you really never think you're going to be able to see
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Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
and as a tree climber that's been extremely valuable and important to our project working on birds of paradise and so for me I was a biologist mostly working on birds of paradise that I could see from the ground or near the ground and there's a lot of them but there are plenty that I wouldn't have been able to have access to at all if it
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The science of symmetry...
or well coordinated legs for running if you're a fox. But, what does this all have to do with evolution? Turns out, biologists can use these various body symmetries to figure out which animals are related to which. For instance, we saw that starfish and sea urchins have five-fold symmetry. But really what we should have said was
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Your brain hallucinates...
could not be explained by physics and chemistry -- that life had to be more than just mechanism. But people no longer think that. As biologists got on with the job of explaining the properties of living systems in terms of physics and chemistry -- things like metabolism, reproduction, homeostasis --
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Why do we hiccup? - John...
Anatomical structures, or physiological mechanisms, with no apparent purpose present challenges to evolutionary biologists. Do such structures serve some hidden function that hasn't yet been discovered? Or are they relics of our evolutionary past, having once served some important purpose
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The secret lives of baby...
So, how did they accomplish this feat? Until recently, marine biologists thought of larval fish as largely passive drifters, dispersed by ocean currents to distant locales. But in the last 20 years, new research has suggested that larvae may not be as helpless as they seem,
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The coelacanth: A living...
and was believed to have died out during the same mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. To biologists and paleontologists, this creature was a very old and fascinating but entirely extinct fish, forever fossilized.
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How we think complex...
This little story highlights what biologists call the endosymbiotic theory, the current best explanation of how complex cells evolved. There's a lot of evidence that supports this theory, but let's look at three main pieces.
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Creating a Bio-Industrial...
and then the product should come back right as it does in the natural world life is really good at this so there's a bunch of people biologists who study molting and who studies the shedding of
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Great White Shark...
I'm a marine biologists professionally. I spent a lot of time at sea and have seen a large variety of different wildlife. This was absolutely definitely not a basking shark.
Video examples
Snow Leopards: Ghosts in...
leopard for years for years probably ever since i was a little kid when i first saw one i thought it was a picture of something that wasn't real a made-up animal and as you kind of dream of becoming a wildlife filmmaker and a biologist the snow leopard's pretty much the one animal that you really never think you're going to be able to see
Video examples
Tim Laman & Ed Scholes:...
and as a tree climber that's been extremely valuable and important to our project working on birds of paradise and so for me I was a biologist mostly working on birds of paradise that I could see from the ground or near the ground and there's a lot of them but there are plenty that I wouldn't have been able to have access to at all if it
Video examples
The science of symmetry...
or well coordinated legs for running if you're a fox. But, what does this all have to do with evolution? Turns out, biologists can use these various body symmetries to figure out which animals are related to which. For instance, we saw that starfish and sea urchins have five-fold symmetry. But really what we should have said was
Video examples
Your brain hallucinates...
could not be explained by physics and chemistry -- that life had to be more than just mechanism. But people no longer think that. As biologists got on with the job of explaining the properties of living systems in terms of physics and chemistry -- things like metabolism, reproduction, homeostasis --
Video examples
Why do we hiccup? - John...
Anatomical structures, or physiological mechanisms, with no apparent purpose present challenges to evolutionary biologists. Do such structures serve some hidden function that hasn't yet been discovered? Or are they relics of our evolutionary past, having once served some important purpose
Video examples
The secret lives of baby...
So, how did they accomplish this feat? Until recently, marine biologists thought of larval fish as largely passive drifters, dispersed by ocean currents to distant locales. But in the last 20 years, new research has suggested that larvae may not be as helpless as they seem,
Video examples
The coelacanth: A living...
and was believed to have died out during the same mass extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs 65 million years ago. To biologists and paleontologists, this creature was a very old and fascinating but entirely extinct fish, forever fossilized.
Video examples
How we think complex...
This little story highlights what biologists call the endosymbiotic theory, the current best explanation of how complex cells evolved. There's a lot of evidence that supports this theory, but let's look at three main pieces.
Video examples
Creating a Bio-Industrial...
and then the product should come back right as it does in the natural world life is really good at this so there's a bunch of people biologists who study molting and who studies the shedding of
Video examples
Great White Shark...
I'm a marine biologists professionally. I spent a lot of time at sea and have seen a large variety of different wildlife. This was absolutely definitely not a basking shark.
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Lydia Millet
American Novelist
Without even knowing why, we believe that to learn how to be human - which we have many years to do, for human beings have longer childhoods than any other species, a feature that to biologists and philosophers alike is one of our race's distinguishing characteristics - children must be surrounded by animal imagery.
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Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
As a kid, I was going to be a marine biologist or an actor. When I became successful as an actor, I said, 'Well, maybe I can lend a voice to this with an equal passion.' You realize how lucky we are and how destructive we've been and what little regard we have for the natural world.
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Barry Barish
American Physicist
Anything that makes us take more seriously scientists - or economists or chemists or physicists or biologists - I think is helpful in times when things get distorted because of people not paying attention to all the facts.
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Christian de Duve
Belgian Scientist
What I was concerned with was life: what are the major features that are common to all living organisms that subtly define life. So I looked at the whole problem as a chemist, as a biochemist, and as a molecular biologist.
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Tom Hodgkinson
British Writer
Now I'm no biologist, but it seems to make a lot of sense that slow lives, as well as being enjoyable, are long lives. One only has to think of the example of the tortoise for proof of this theory from the animal world.
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Sheldon Lee Glashow
American Physicist
I think that we scientists are seeking an understanding of the natural world. We come in various types - chemists and physicists and biologists and such - and we all have the same goal. We are making progress.
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Edith Widder
American Scientist
I just was mesmerized by all of this life everywhere I looked. And so I wanted to be a marine biologist.
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Ashley Roberts
American Musician
I wanted to be a marine biologist when I was growing up and always wanted to be surrounded by wildlife.
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Ricky Schroder
American Actor
I weren't an actor, I'd be a wildlife biologist or forest ranger.
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Lars Mikkelsen
Danish Actor
I would be the worst biologist in the world!
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Lydia Millet
American Novelist
Without even knowing why, we believe that to learn how to be human - which we have many years to do, for human beings have longer childhoods than any other species, a feature that to biologists and philosophers alike is one of our race's distinguishing characteristics - children must be surrounded by animal imagery.
Quote examples
Leonardo DiCaprio
American Actor
As a kid, I was going to be a marine biologist or an actor. When I became successful as an actor, I said, 'Well, maybe I can lend a voice to this with an equal passion.' You realize how lucky we are and how destructive we've been and what little regard we have for the natural world.
Quote examples
Barry Barish
American Physicist
Anything that makes us take more seriously scientists - or economists or chemists or physicists or biologists - I think is helpful in times when things get distorted because of people not paying attention to all the facts.
Quote examples
Christian de Duve
Belgian Scientist
What I was concerned with was life: what are the major features that are common to all living organisms that subtly define life. So I looked at the whole problem as a chemist, as a biochemist, and as a molecular biologist.
Quote examples
Tom Hodgkinson
British Writer
Now I'm no biologist, but it seems to make a lot of sense that slow lives, as well as being enjoyable, are long lives. One only has to think of the example of the tortoise for proof of this theory from the animal world.
Quote examples
Sheldon Lee Glashow
American Physicist
I think that we scientists are seeking an understanding of the natural world. We come in various types - chemists and physicists and biologists and such - and we all have the same goal. We are making progress.
Quote examples
Edith Widder
American Scientist
I just was mesmerized by all of this life everywhere I looked. And so I wanted to be a marine biologist.
Quote examples
Ashley Roberts
American Musician
I wanted to be a marine biologist when I was growing up and always wanted to be surrounded by wildlife.
Quote examples
Ricky Schroder
American Actor
I weren't an actor, I'd be a wildlife biologist or forest ranger.
Quote examples
Lars Mikkelsen
Danish Actor
I would be the worst biologist in the world!
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