The Department has a team of experienced experts majoring in various biological fields, including Biodiversity/Conservation Biology, Environmental Sciences, Molecular Biology, Parasitology, Entomology, Botany, Ecology, Bioinformatics, Microbiology, Genetics and other areas in Botany and Zoology in general.

The Department has well equipped modern laboratories intended to facilitate effective and efficient teaching and learning activities. It also has adequately trained personnel who ensure that hands on and supervision of teaching and learning activities are carried out to achieve academic excellence. All these are carried out with high degree of practice-oriented knowledge and skills for both undergraduate and postgraduate studies.