QUESTION:  What is Ecology?

ANSWER:  There are two definitions:

(1) The interactions that organisms have with other organisms and with their environment.

(2)  The science that studies these interactions.

An Ecologist is a professionally-trained scientist who studies these interactions.  Usually he or she has an academic degree in Ecology or a related field.

Photograph:  Dawn on the plains of Namibia at Etosha National Park.  Two interactions pictured in this photo, herbivory and parental care of young, are of great interest to Ecologists.  Photo by Philip Niewold (Netherlands).