International Chameleon Day will be celebrated for the first time on May 9, 2024. The action was initiated by the nature conservation organization Wildlife Madagascar. The purpose of this holiday is to raise awareness about these unique and very vulnerable animals.
Chameleons definitely deserve a separate holiday dedicated to them:…
09/05/2024
Column "School of young zoo correspondent"
May 5-11 is the Amphibian Week. Young biologists of the zoo, during the "School of the Young Zoo Correspondent" class, got to know one of the most interesting representatives of amphibians in Mykolaiv Zoo and wrote their own article about this animal. We bring…
09/05/2024
On the occasion of the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in the Second World War of 1939-1945, which is celebrated on May 8, on this day, free entry to the territory of Mykolaiv Zoo is allowed to pensioners by age upon presentation of a pension certificate.
08/05/2024
May 5-11, 2024 is marked "Amphibians Awareness Week". Mykolaiv Zoo joins this important ecological and educational campaign and offers you interesting facts about amphibians and shows you which species of amphibians you can see in our exposition.
Fact three: feeding of amphibians.
All modern amphibians in the imago stage, that…
08/05/2024
Today, May 8, one of the world's most famous naturalist presenters – Sir David Frederick Attenborough – celebrates his birthday. He is 98 years old. David Attenborough is considered by many to be the pioneer of nature documentaries. He was the host and main creator of ten famous documentary series…
08/05/2024
May 5-11, 2024 is marked "Amphibians Awareness Week". Mykolaiv Zoo joins this important ecological and educational campaign. During the week, we will offer you interesting information about amphibians and show you which species of amphibians you can see in our exhibit.
Fact two: the distribution of amphibians.
Amphibians are cold-blooded…
07/05/2024
On May 6, 2024, our Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) named Shanti celebrates his birthday. He is turning 16 years old!
Shanti was born in 2008 in Hannover Zoo. He arrived at Mykolaiv Zoo from Hungary on November 10, 2019, but not alone, but with his friend Dinkar. The animals were…
06/05/2024
On April 28, a beautiful, talented woman, a professional in her field, an excellent manager and organizer, head of the personnel department of Mykolaiv Zoo – Olga Oleksandrivna Tatarynova celebrated her anniversary.
Olga has been working at Mykolaiv Zoo since 1991, and since 1993 she has been the head of…
29/04/2024
World Tapir Day
Around the world, April 27 is annually celebrated as World Tapir Day. To date, it is not known who exactly proposed to celebrate this holiday, but we know that World Tapir Day was celebrated for the first time in 2008.
The purpose of the holiday is to…
27/04/2024
