What are the branches of biology?

Answer by  Jenn09 (176)

While there is no official list, the following may be of help: Anatomy, Astrobiology, Biochemistry, Biomechanics, Biophysics, Bioinformatics, Biostatistics, Botany, Cell biology, Chemical biology, Conservation biology, Developmental biology, Ecology, Epidemiology, Evolutionary biology, Genetics, Genomics, Histology, Human biology, Immunology, Marine biology, Microbiology, Molecular biology, Neuroscience, Nutrition, Paleontology, Parasitology, Pathology, Pharmacology, Physiology, Quantum biology, Systems biology, Taxonomy, Toxicology, and Zoology.

Answer by  richard91 (107)

There are basically hundreds of branches of biology, each studying a certain element in nature. For example the main branches, like zoology, microbiology, botanics, each having many subbranches, like zoology has ornithology, enthomology, herpetology, etc. Also, certain aspects of life are branches of biology, like biochemistry, or biophysics, or even social biology, like ethology.