A person who specializes in the study of animals is called a zoologist. Zoologists who study certain species of animals have their own names. Apiculturists specialize in bees. Anthropologists study human beings.
Entomologists study insects.
Herpetologists study reptiles and amphibians. Ichthyologists specialize in fish. Mammalogists specialize in mammals. Ornithologists study birds. All Rights Reserved worldwide.