I work as a wildlife biologist but I specialize in ornithology (birds), so mostly I work to save endangered bird species, although I do dabble in some bat work, reptile work, small mammal work, etc. My degree is in zoology, but many biologists have degrees in other things such as biology, wildlife management, environmental studies, etc. You would need a minimum of a Bachelor of Science degree to go into this field. Typically the higher the degree, the more you would be paid and the more likely you would be able to find work. Experience counts for a lot in this field as well so start volunteering, or interning as soon as possible. If mammals is to be your specialty, then you should do your masters thesis on the animal or animals that interest you the most and that you would like to work with. You can contact biologists in the field that already study and work with these animals so that you might be an assistant to them. As far as what I do on a day to day basis includes: nest searching and monitoring, breeding bird and winter bird surveys, raptor surveys, monitoring of invasive plant removal, running hepetological arrays (reptile and amphibian trapping), doing bat surveys, mist netting and banding birds, servicing cowbird traps, small mammal trapping, fish surveys, assessing habitats for wildlife, report writing, and research.
