The department of zoology of the Faculty of Science, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, conducts research and teaching of various aspects of animal biology.
The department staff specializes in the following research areas :
Archeozoology, Biology of ladybugs and invasion ecology, Biology of small African mammals, Tropical ecology, Cognitive ethology of birds, Diversity and evolution of Neotropical fishes, Ecology and biogeography of butterflies, Ecology and ethology of birds, Ecophysiology and population biology of animals, Evolution and phylogeny of mammals, Insect cold tolerance, Insect stress hormones, Phylogenetics and bioinformatics, and Primatology and evolutionary anthropology.
Recent news
The defense of MSc. Asma Akter thesis
The defense of MSc. Asma Akter thesis „From resource variation to habitat…
Ph.D. student conference in winter semester 2020/21 (online)
1st and 2nd year students (Friday, 15.1.2021, Microsoft Teams, group Studentské semináře…
Refuting myths about naked mole-rat biology
It is not uncommon that attractive or popular scientific hypotheses circulate among…
Kokomo seminar (online)
Wednesday 16. 12. 2020, 12:30, online Jing Vir Leong (FSci USB) „Diversification…
Department of zoology seminar (online)
9. 12. 2020, 14:00, online Marika Davídková: Vliv urgence varovných hlasů na…
Kokomo seminar (online)
Wednesday 9. 12. 2020, 12:30, online Prof. Julia Korichava (Royal Holloway University…
Collaborating institutions
Institute of Entomology CAS
Insitute of Hydrobiology CAS
Department of Zoology, FS CUP
Department of Ethology: Výzkumný ústav živočišné výroby, v.v.i.
Institute of Parasitology CAS
Institute of Soil Biology CAS
Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics CAS
Institute of Vertebrate Biology CAS
University Duisburg-Essen Department of Zoology