It is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Japan Ethological Society and was established in 1983 as a bilingual journal in English and Japanese.

Initially, the journal focused on research conducted in Japan, but it has since expanded to include submissions from around the world and nowadays publishes in English only.

The editor-in-chief is Takeshi Takegaki (Nagasaki University).

The journal publishes research articles, reviews, and commentaries related to the behavior of animals in their natural environment, as well as research conducted in laboratory settings.

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