Today, the long journey of two pairs of Gambian giant pouched rats from Prague Zoo to Mykolaiv Zoo has successfully ended. This is a completely new species in the zoos of Ukraine. Gambian giant pouched rats are a gift from our zoo's sister zoo – Prague Zoo. Many thanks to…
08/01/2025
Our series of interactive educational lectures "Year of the Snake" has come to an end. It is very pleasing that each time more and more visitors came to get acquainted with the wonderful creatures of nature. During our lectures, we tried to explain that snakes are not at all ugly,…
07/01/2025
Today, Mykolaiv Zoo and the Mykolaiv Professional College of Culture and Arts have prepared for our guests the best concert program and the best nativity scene in the city. This concert program is a mix of traditional New Year's holidays. Young actors from the college introduced visitors to the zoo…
04/01/2025
Today, on Christmas Day, the zoo carried out a complex and responsible work. As part of the European bison conservation program, our adult female named Gaya, born in 2009, was sent to Cherkasy Zoo to the male, who had been waiting for her for a long time. The sending process…
25/12/2024
December 19 is the Day of Evergreen Plants. This day aims to raise people's awareness of the importance of preserving evergreen plants. After all, they can be green throughout the year and please the eye with all shades of green, which has a calming effect on people.
Mykolaiv Zoo arboretum…
21/12/2024
The holiday was created and popularized in 2000 by artists Casey Sorrow and Eric Millikin while they were students at Michigan State University. They jokingly marked Monkey Day on a friend's calendar and then celebrated the day for the first time with other students by drawing monkeys, wearing costumes, and…
17/12/2024
Attention! In connection with the consideration at an unscheduled meeting of the State Anti-Epizootic Commission, which took place on 05.12.2024, of the issue of canceling the quarantine due to bird flu, quarantine restrictions at Mykolaiv Zoo have been canceled. The Ornithology Department is available for viewing!
10/12/2024
On the eve of St. Nicholas Day, real miracles happen. A miracle also happened at Mykolaiv Zoo – we have a fabulous, incredibly beautiful nativity scene! We look forward to your visit!
07/12/2024
It has already become a good tradition to hold a family holiday event for our young naturalists called “Evenings at the Zoo”. We gathered in the young biologists’ room, which, thanks to a little magic, temporarily turned into a cozy hut with an improvised stove, embroidered towels, icons, and the…
06/12/2024
