《生物學史》雜志致力于研究生物學的歷史，并對生物學所面臨的哲學和社會問題給予額外的興趣和關注。雖然所有的歷史時期都有涉及，但《華爾街日報》特別關注19世紀和20世紀的發展。這本雜志既服務于需要對該領域的歷史和哲學基礎有全面了解的工作生物學家，也服務于對生物科學的后續發展感興趣的生物學歷史學家。

The Journal of the History of Biology is devoted to the history of the biological sciences, with additional interest and concern in philosophical and social issues confronting biology. While all historical epochs are touched upon, the journal pays particular attention to developments during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The journal serves both the working biologist who needs a full understanding to the historical and philosophical bases of the field and the historian of biology interested in following developments in the biological sciences.