About the Journal

Understanding animal life begins with careful observation. A species recorded from an unfamiliar locality, an overlooked behaviour, or a finding from sustained research can each contribute to our understanding of the natural world. Zoology Notes aims to provide a platform for sharing such knowledge and encouraging a deeper interest in zoological research and conservation.

Published by Help Earth, Zoology Notes is an online-only, open-access journal dedicated to advancing and sharing knowledge of animal diversity, natural history, ecology and conservation. Its open-access format makes published contributions freely available to researchers, students, educators, conservation practitioners and interested readers.

Call for articles: Inaugural issue

We warmly invite contributions for the inaugural issue of Zoology Notes. Researchers, students, naturalists and conservation practitioners are encouraged to submit original research articles, short communications, reviews and well-documented natural history observations. Contributions may address taxonomy and systematics, species distributions, animal behaviour, ecology, conservation, and other aspects of zoology. We particularly welcome observations and studies that bring attention to poorly documented species, habitats and regions. Articles will be published on a rolling basis, becoming available online individually as soon as the editorial and production processes are complete. Authors are requested to consult the journal’s author guidelines before submitting their manuscripts.

Join us in building a shared record of animal life, one observation, one discovery and one article at a time.

Scope of the journal

Zoology Notes invites original research articles, short communications, reviews and well-documented natural history observations in all fields of zoology. Contributions may address:

• Taxonomy and systematics.
• Species distributions and natural history.
• Animal behaviour and ecology.
• Conservation and other aspects of zoology.

We particularly welcome observations and studies that bring attention to poorly documented species, habitats and regions. Contributions should be original, make a clear contribution to knowledge and be supported by verifiable evidence.

Preparing your contribution

Contributions must not exceed six printed A4 pages, including the title, author details, main text, acknowledgements, references, figure captions, tables, and photographs. No abstract or keywords are required.

Open access and publication charges

All articles are published online in open-access format and are freely available to readers worldwide. Currently, no article processing charge is levied for submission, review, publication, or open-access availability.

Copyright and reuse

Authors retain copyright in their published work. Upon acceptance, authors grant Zoology Notes the non-exclusive right of first publication and the right to publish, reproduce, distribute, archive and display the article in print and electronic formats. All articles are published open access under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). This permits readers to read, download, copy, share, adapt and reuse the published material for any lawful purpose, provided that appropriate credit is given to the author(s) and the original publication in Zoology Notes is cited. Authors are responsible for obtaining permission to reproduce any copyrighted text, photographs, illustrations, tables or other material included in their submission. The views and conclusions expressed in published articles are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the Editorial Team or Publisher.