動(dòng)物生物學(xué)，發(fā)表高質(zhì)量的論文，并專注于整合各種學(xué)科在廣泛的動(dòng)物學(xué)領(lǐng)域。這些學(xué)科包括行為、發(fā)育生物學(xué)、生態(tài)學(xué)、內(nèi)分泌學(xué)、進(jìn)化生物學(xué)、基因組學(xué)、形態(tài)學(xué)、神經(jīng)生物學(xué)、生理學(xué)、系統(tǒng)學(xué)和理論生物學(xué)。不考慮發(fā)表純描述性的論文。《動(dòng)物生物學(xué)》是荷蘭皇家動(dòng)物學(xué)會(huì)自1872年成立以來(lái)的官方期刊。該期刊最初名為《動(dòng)物科學(xué)檔案》(Archives Neerlandaises de Zoologie)， 1952年更名為《荷蘭動(dòng)物學(xué)雜志》(Netherlands journal of Zoology)，目前的名稱成立于2003年。

Animal Biology, publishes high quality papers and focuses on integration of the various disciplines within the broad field of zoology. These disciplines include behaviour, developmental biology, ecology, endocrinology, evolutionary biology, genomics, morphology, neurobiology, physiology, systematics and theoretical biology. Purely descriptive papers will not be considered for publication. Animal Biology is the official journal of the Royal Dutch Zoological Society since its foundation in 1872. The journal was initially called Archives Néerlandaises de Zoologie, which was changed in 1952 to Netherlands Journal of Zoology, the current name was established in 2003.