You got that right. It's a fun job but the work can be sporadic. You often wind up being hired as a field biologist but doing other things. Would you believe that I was asked to design playground equipment on one project? (They were quite understaffed and shipping a specialist halfway around the world for a couple of days' work was not feasible.) However, the pay can be good, depending on who you work for.

You need a Ph.D. degree to have a good job in biology. Figure on a total of 8-10 years of university study.

Is it true is biology really a bad major i want to study wild animals but i read online that people who major in biology get payed very little and have high unemployment rates ive wanted to be a field biologist for the longest time but is it worth it? and is biology really a bad major?