Animal Life: A First Book of Zoology

An open college textbook that takes you from cells, genetics and evolution to animal diversity, body systems and ecology, with review questions at the end of every chapter. Hawaii's endemic species are used as examples throughout.

Alyssa MacDonald and Anuschka Faucci

A complete university zoology manual that goes phylum by phylum, from protozoa and sponges to birds and mammals, with 320 illustrations. Use it alongside lectures or lab work to see how each animal group is built and how it lives.

J. Arthur Thomson

A university course in 12 units covering cell types, DNA, cell division, taxonomy and zoological nomenclature, the origin of life, ecology, biodiversity, immunity and lab instruments. Each unit ends with self-assessment questions.

Uttarakhand Open University

The classroom edition of a landmark zoology text, organized group by group with detailed anatomy and clear illustrations. Read it to understand how each major animal phylum is structured.

T. Jeffery Parker and William A. Haswell

Follow an animal from gametes and fertilization through cleavage and gastrulation, then see how zoology is applied in aquaculture, sericulture, beekeeping, lac culture, poultry farming and pest management.

Uttarakhand Open University