The first issue of the Brazilian Journal of Biology was published in April 1941 under the name Revista Brasileira de Biologia, after the establishment of Sociedade de Biologia do Brasil and it was financed by the philanthropist Guilherme Guinle. Only in 1971 the journal came to be published by Academia Brasileira de Ciências. As from 1998, it has been published by Instituto Internacional de Ecologia, and in 2000 had its name modified to Brazilian Journal of Biology.Its purpose is to publish articles with the results of original research in any branch of Biological Sciences. The Editorial board coordinates the assessment of the articles submitted. It is a quarterly publication.

《巴西生物學雜志》的第一期于1941年4月以巴西生物學復興(Revista Brasileira de Biologia)的名義出版，當時巴西生物學協會(Sociedade de Biologia do Brasil)剛剛成立，由慈善家吉列爾梅·金內爾(Guilherme Guinle)資助。直到1971年，該雜志才由巴西科學院出版。自1998年起，由國際生態研究所出版，2000年更名為《巴西生物學雜志》。它的目的是在任何生物科學的分支上發表具有原始研究成果的文章。編輯委員會協調對所提交文章的評估。這是一份季刊。