自然歷史雜志(RCHN)出版了關于過去和現在的現象的原始研究，從有機體到更高層次的生物組織，考慮到對各種分類單元和環境的經驗和理論研究。RCHN涵蓋的主要領域有:植物學和動物學;生理和行為生態學;人口生物學;群落與生態系統生態學;系統學、生物地理學和進化。

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural (RCHN) publishes original research dealing with past and present phenomena from organismic to higher levels of biological organization, considering both empirical and theoretical studies on all kinds of taxa and environments.The major areas covered by RCHN are: botany and zoology; physiological and behavioral ecology; population biology; community and ecosystem ecology; systematics, biogeography and evolution.