DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY

The Department of Zoology was officially founded in 1860, and was initially based in the Museum of Natural History before moving into the Tinbergen Building in 1971. Initially known as the Department of Anatomy and Physiology, it was called the Department of Human and Comparative Anatomy, the Department of Morphology, and the Department of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy. The John Krebs Field Station at Wytham houses a number of our key research groups, and Wytham Woods - an ancient semi-natural woodland that have been owned and maintained by the University of Oxford since 1942 - boasts many of our long-term ecological research projects... The Department of Biology was formed in August 2022, merging the previous departments of Plants Sciences and Zoology. We explore the breadth and diversity of life on earth at multiple scales, and in an increasingly interdisciplinary manner. It builds on a history of high-quality research from staff and students, and continues to inform and shape the..

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Primary location: Oxford United Kingdom