動物生物學，發表高質量的論文，并專注于整合各種學科在廣泛的動物學領域。這些學科包括行為、發育生物學、生態學、內分泌學、進化生物學、基因組學、形態學、神經生物學、生理學、系統學和理論生物學。不考慮發表純描述性的論文。《動物生物學》是荷蘭皇家動物學會自1872年成立以來的官方期刊。該期刊最初名為《動物科學檔案》(Archives Neerlandaises de Zoologie)， 1952年更名為《荷蘭動物學雜志》(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.