An open access international journal of animal diversity, ecology and evolution published by the Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of SciencesThe journal is continuer of the first zoological journal of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, entitled Bulletin de l’Institut de Zoologie et Musée (1951—1974).Acta Zoologica Bulgarica publishes original research articles, reviews and short communications in systematics and phylogenetics, zoogeography and faunistics, terrestrial ecology and behaviour, aquatic ecology, parasitology, palaeozoology, zoomorphology and developmental biology, conservation biology, applied zoology and other branches of zoology dealing with diversity, ecology and evolution of animals. The geographical scope of the journal is worldwide but a priority is given to the Bulgarian and Balkan fauna as well as the fauna of associated regions (e.g. Black Sea, Danubian Basin, Southeast Europe). Descriptions of new zoological methods, short reviews or annotations of zoological books and information about scientific events (past or forthcoming) are also accepted.Acta Zoologica Bulgarica is published in English.For articles submitted after 1 July 2016, a fee of 20 BGN (10 EUR) per printed page is applied.

保加利亞科學院生物多樣性和生態系統研究所出版的開放獲取的國際動物多樣性、生態和進化雜志該期刊是保加利亞科學院的第一本動物學期刊的繼續刊，標題為《動物學和博物館公報》(1951-1974)。Bulgarica動物學Acta Zoologica在系統學和系統遺傳學、動物地理學和動物學、陸地生態學和行為學、水生生態學、寄生蟲學、古生物學、動物形態學和發育生物學、保護生物學、應用動物學和動物學的其他分支中發表原創研究文章、評論和簡短交流，涉及動物的多樣性、生態學和進化論。該期刊的地理范圍是世界性的，但保加利亞和巴爾干動物群以及有關區域(例如黑海、多瑙河流域、歐洲東南部)的動物群是優先的。還接受對新動物學方法的描述、動物學書籍的簡短評論或注釋以及關于科學事件(過去或即將發生的)的信息。《Bulgarica動物學學報》以英文出版。對于2016年7月1日以后提交的文章，每打印一頁需支付20 BGN(10歐元)的費用。