2000年，巴塞羅那自然科學博物館(Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona)決定改變其前期刊《米賽爾》(Miscel)的名稱。《拉尼亞動物學》自1958年出版以來，致力于動物的生物多樣性和保護，并使其結構適應當前的趨勢。通過這一修改，我們旨在填補西班牙期刊領域的空白，并為動物學家提供一個發表論文的國際論壇。該雜志的范圍很廣，包括對新物種的描述，以及強調保護生物學某些方面的系統學、形態學、生物地理學、生態學、動物行為學、生理學和遺傳學的研究。該雜志發表原創研究論文，評論和討論這些領域的問題。

In 2000, the Natural Sciences Museum of Barcelona decided to change the title of its former journal Miscel.lània Zoològica –published since 1958- to Animal Biodiversity and Conservation and to adapt the structure to current trends. With this modification, we aimed to fill a gap in the range of Spanish journals and provide zoologists with an international forum to publish their papers. The scope of the journal is wide, encompassing descriptions of new species as well as studies on systematics, morphology, biogeography, ecology, ethology, physiology and genetics that emphasise some aspect of conservation biology. The journal publishes original research papers, reviews and discussion of issues within these fields.