ASAB was founded in London on 13 March 1936 as the Institute for the Study of Animal Behaviour.
Julian Huxley was the first president and Solly Zuckerman the first editor of its earlier publication, Bulletin of Animal Behaviour, which began publishing in October 1938.
[1][7] Other past presidents include Geoffrey Matthews (1971–1974)[8] and Christopher J. Barnard (2004–2007) and Jane Hurst.
[9] Pat Monaghan, Regius Professor of Zoology at the University of Glasgow, is President of the ASAB Council as of October 2017.
[10] ASAB organises 3 conferences a year (Spring, Summer, and Winter), typically held in the UK.