The chapters incorporated in the present Volume 5 of the book series Animal Diversity, Natural History and Conservation represents an extremely modest selection of several facts on the subject. The lead articles includes:

Community Ecology and Taxonomy of Polychaetes in a Tropical Estuary

Distribution of Nymphalid Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) at Different Altitudinal Habitats

A Taxonomic Review of the Genus Cyrtolabulus Van der Vecht, 1969

Web Dynamics and Estimation of Capture Area of the Common Signature Spider, Argiope pulchella Thorell

Morphology of Cyrtophora bidenta Tikader

Effect of Insecticides on Spiders

Eco-biology of the Endemic Fruit Fly Phorticella striata

Breeding Biology and Mating Strategies of Coral Reef Shrimp Lysmata wurdemanni Gibbes

Perspective on Fish Diversity

DNA Fingerprinting in Conservational Research on Ichthyofauna

Aspects of Dietary Tactics and Choices in Little Brown Doves (Streptopelia senegalensis senegalensis)

In Situ and Ex Situ Conservation of Red Panda

Habitat Characteristics and Foraging Ecology of Common Babbler, Turdoides caudatus caudatus

Behavioural Ecology of Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus Shaw 1791)

Ecological Crisis vis-à-vis Intraspecific Conflict: A Case Study with Rhinos

State of the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus Linnaeus 1758) and its Habitat

It is hoped, this volume of the series shall be a useful resource of knowledge for the biologists, environmentalists, ecologists, conservationists and people of allied disciplines engaged in respective fields of research.