It releases an annual volume of review articles relevant to the fields of zoology, veterinary medicine, animal husbandry, and conservation biology.

The co-editors are Harris A. Lewin and R. Michael Roberts.

[2] The Annual Review of Animal Biosciences was first published in 2013, with Harris A. Lewin and R. Michael Roberts as the founding co-editors.

[4] The Annual Review of Animal Biosciences defines its scope as covering significant developments relevant to biotechnology, genomics, genetics, veterinary medicine, animal breeding, and conservation biology.

The intended audience for the journal is scientists and veterinarians involved with wild and domestic animals.