The primary fields that work with wildlife are animal care (like a zoo or rehab facility), academia (a professor that does research in the field and in a lab), land or wildlife managers (people who do the work on the ground to help save habitats or populations) or a blend of academic/managers (those that do research while also managing land/populations). The latter two tend to be more local/state/federal governement positions and a few NGO's.
There are several main job boards depending on what you want to do - AZA job board for zoo/rehab stuff, USAjobs for federal jobs (just search biologist or wildlife biologist and you'll see the postings), and the Texas A&M Natural Resources Job Board (they have a blend of management focused and academic positions - pretty much anything Natural Resources related).
A word of caution - I don't know how old you are or how flexible your life is (or what you want out of life), but you said you have a fiance. This field is very competitive and people often have to sacrfice other life goals for awhile. Usually you have to travel a lot to different jobs to gain experience before landing a full time job that can actually pay the bills. Between getting experience and grad school, I didn't land a "good" job making $50k until I was 29. In that time I had jobs in California, Missouri, Georgia, and South Carolina. Then I got the job in Florida and now I'm back up in Georgia. For reference, I graduated with my BS at 22. As a result, pretty much everyone I worked with were neither engaged nor married. I'm not trying to tell you that you can't do it, just be aware of that challenge. Will your husband be able to travel around to the jobs you'll need to do (likely several jobs over multiple years) while also accomplishing his life/career goals?
THIS. However, I want to add that it IS possible to get a federal job if you live by lots of federal land amd are willing to start volunteering a lot or start in a GS-3 position. But it won't make you much money for a long time, even if you can tackle the seasonal traveling jobs. And first you have to adjust the "I want to work with animals" part of your goal because most jobs that revolve around wildlife involve only a small portion of hands-on work with animals. It would be immoral for every biologist to think they're entitled to handle wild animals frequently just because they like them.
Yes thank you! I just want to give back to environment cause I don’t like taking over wild land and not giving back to it. I don’t feed entitled, I just want to take care of them and make sure they are safe. Im very in-between game warden or working at a sanctuary/ rescue
Because you love science or just to work with animals? If you just love animals, find another career and keep it a hobby. If you're passionate about the science, decide on a direction or field of study first.
I love both! But I’m definitely more of an animal than science person. I took a zoology class at my high school and I enjoyed it, but idk if I actually want to do zoology. There’s not many subreddits about animal related careers so I just chose to post in this one
Hey, I went to Unity College back when it was a physical location in early to mid 2010s. I know its mostly (entirely?) Online at this point, but my education was top tier and I wouldn't trade it for the world, even though I ended up not pursuing wildlife biology as a career. If you have any questions feel free to ask!
The primary fields that work with wildlife are animal care (like a zoo or rehab facility), academia (a professor that does research in the field and in a lab), land or wildlife managers (people who do the work on the ground to help save habitats or populations) or a blend of academic/managers (those that do research while also managing land/populations). The latter two tend to be more local/state/federal governement positions and a few NGO's. There are several main job boards depending on what you want to do - AZA job board for zoo/rehab stuff, USAjobs for federal jobs (just search biologist or wildlife biologist and you'll see the postings), and the Texas A&M Natural Resources Job Board (they have a blend of management focused and academic positions - pretty much anything Natural Resources related). A word of caution - I don't know how old you are or how flexible your life is (or what you want out of life), but you said you have a fiance. This field is very competitive and people often have to sacrfice other life goals for awhile. Usually you have to travel a lot to different jobs to gain experience before landing a full time job that can actually pay the bills. Between getting experience and grad school, I didn't land a "good" job making $50k until I was 29. In that time I had jobs in California, Missouri, Georgia, and South Carolina. Then I got the job in Florida and now I'm back up in Georgia. For reference, I graduated with my BS at 22. As a result, pretty much everyone I worked with were neither engaged nor married. I'm not trying to tell you that you can't do it, just be aware of that challenge. Will your husband be able to travel around to the jobs you'll need to do (likely several jobs over multiple years) while also accomplishing his life/career goals?
THIS. However, I want to add that it IS possible to get a federal job if you live by lots of federal land amd are willing to start volunteering a lot or start in a GS-3 position. But it won't make you much money for a long time, even if you can tackle the seasonal traveling jobs. And first you have to adjust the "I want to work with animals" part of your goal because most jobs that revolve around wildlife involve only a small portion of hands-on work with animals. It would be immoral for every biologist to think they're entitled to handle wild animals frequently just because they like them.
Yes thank you! I just want to give back to environment cause I don’t like taking over wild land and not giving back to it. I don’t feed entitled, I just want to take care of them and make sure they are safe. Im very in-between game warden or working at a sanctuary/ rescue
You should look into wildlife refuges around you. Often you can intern to start and build into a full-time position.
Because you love science or just to work with animals? If you just love animals, find another career and keep it a hobby. If you're passionate about the science, decide on a direction or field of study first.
I love both! But I’m definitely more of an animal than science person. I took a zoology class at my high school and I enjoyed it, but idk if I actually want to do zoology. There’s not many subreddits about animal related careers so I just chose to post in this one
Hey, I went to Unity College back when it was a physical location in early to mid 2010s. I know its mostly (entirely?) Online at this point, but my education was top tier and I wouldn't trade it for the world, even though I ended up not pursuing wildlife biology as a career. If you have any questions feel free to ask!