These are a different than the rest, Scientific Journals. I suspect that these are better preserved than the magazines but this is information I use to gain the knowledge to understand and care for my snakes when articles arise related to snakes.

Publication Identification

Field	Information
Country	United Kingdom
Publisher	Elsevier; published for the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB), in collaboration with the Animal Behavior Society
Publisher address	Pending research update
Magazine title	Animal Behaviour
Publication status	Continuing scientific journal, as documented by the December 2024 issue and publication history
Publication run	First appeared in 1953; current title Animal Behaviour dates from 1958.  Complete publication run: continuing
Editor	Pending research update
Printer	Pending research update
ISSN	0003-3472 (print); 1095-8282 (online)
Language	English
Publication type	Scientific journal of animal behaviour / ethology
Publication frequency	Monthly

Preservation Significance

Animal Behaviour has preservation significance because it is a long-running scientific journal documenting the development of research into animal behaviour and ethology.  These physical issues from December 2023 through December 2024 preserve a contemporary snapshot of the questions, methods, terminology, and research priorities being published by the field during that period.  Unlike many hobby publications in the collection, Animal Behaviour represents formal scientific literature published for major professional societies, allowing the preservation project to show how academic research and the broader study of animal behaviour coexist alongside practical husbandry and herpetocultural publications.  Keeping the physical issues also preserves their original printed presentation as part of the historical record of scientific communication.