Journal Title：Frontiers In Zoology

Frontiers in Zoology is an open access, peer-reviewed online journal publishing high quality research articles and reviews on all aspects of animal life.

As a biological discipline, zoology has one of the longest histories. Today it occasionally appears as though, due to the rapid expansion of life sciences, zoology has been replaced by more or less independent sub-disciplines amongst which exchange is often sparse. However, the recent advance of molecular methodology into "classical" fields of biology, and the development of theories that can explain phenomena on different levels of organisation, has led to a re-integration of zoological disciplines promoting a broader than usual approach to zoological questions. Zoology has re-emerged as an integrative discipline encompassing the most diverse aspects of animal life, from the level of the gene to the level of the ecosystem.

Frontiers in Zoology is the first open access journal focusing on zoology as a whole. It aims to represent and re-unite the various disciplines that look at animal life from different perspectives and at providing the basis for a comprehensive understanding of zoological phenomena on all levels of analysis. Frontiers in Zoology provides a unique opportunity to publish high quality research and reviews on zoological issues that will be internationally accessible to any reader at no cost.

The journal was initiated and is supported by the Deutsche Zoologische Gesellschaft, one of the largest national zoological societies with more than a century-long tradition in promoting high-level zoological research.

Frontiers in Zoology 是一本开放获取、同行评议的在线期刊，发表关于动物生活各个方面的高质量研究文章和评论。

作为一门生物学学科，动物学是历史最悠久的学科之一。今天，由于生命科学的迅速发展，动物学偶尔会被或多或少独立的子学科所取代，而这些子学科之间的交流往往很少。然而，最近分子方法学进入“经典”生物学领域的进展，以及可以解释不同组织层次现象的理论的发展，导致了动物学学科的重新整合，促进了比通常更广泛的动物学问题方法.动物学作为一门综合学科重新出现，涵盖了动物生命的最多样化方面，从基因水平到生态系统水平。

《动物学前沿》是第一本专注于整个动物学的开放获取期刊。它旨在代表和重新统一从不同角度看待动物生命的各个学科，并为从各个层面全面了解动物学现象提供基础。 《动物学前沿》提供了一个独特的机会，可以发表关于动物学问题的高质量研究和评论，任何读者都可以在国际上免费访问这些研究和评论。

该杂志由德国动物学协会发起并得到支持，该协会是最大的国家动物学会之一，在促进高水平动物学研究方面拥有超过一个世纪的传统。