William Elford Leach was an English zoologist and marine biologist.
Illustration from Adam White's A Popular History of British Crustacea, 1857, showing three genera of crustacea named by Leach as anagrams of Carolina: Cirolana, Conilera and Rocinela
Zoology is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the structure, embryology, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with
Conrad Gessner (1516–1565). His Historiae animalium is considered the beginning of modern zoology.
An array of zoological specimens at the Natural History Museum at the University of Oslo
Animal anatomical engraving from Handbuch der Anatomie der Tiere für Künstler.
Kelp gull chicks peck at red spot on mother's beak to stimulate the regurgitating reflex.