World Environmental Education Day is celebrated on 14 October, in honor of the 1977 Intergovernmental Conference on Environmental Education held in Tbilisi, Georgia. The day is dedicated to raising awareness of environmental issues, promoting environmental education worldwide, and encouraging conscious action for a sustainable future. Although 14 October is the…
14/10/2025
Every year, on October 4, World Animal Day is celebrated. It is held to raise public awareness of the need to protect our environment.
The history of this day begins in 1925. It was first organized in Berlin by the German writer and animal rights activist Heinrich Zimmermann. He actively…
04/10/2025
Today, September 21, 2025, our sisters, Siberian tigers (Panthera tigris altaica) Penelopa and Agrypyna, celebrate their anniversary. They were born in 2005 at Mykolaiv Zoo. Today they are already 20 years old! This is a very respectable age for tigers, because in natural conditions tigers live for 12-15 years. But…
23/09/2025
Today our native Mykolaiv celebrates City Day! Despite all the difficulties, the war, and the trials, Mykolaiv is on the wave of life!
Mykolaiv Zoo has joined the festival of festive events dedicated to this date. In addition, traditionally, simultaneously with the city day, we celebrate the birthday of the…
16/09/2025
In Ukraine, as in the rest of the world, World Crane Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of September. The purpose of the holiday is to remind people of the importance of joining efforts to protect these unique birds, which are part of the ecosystem and culture of many…
16/09/2025
Today we held an interactive excursion “Fun Lessons” at the zoo, dedicated to Knowledge Day. Our “Fun Lessons” have become a traditional event that we have been holding for several years. Unfortunately, not all children can now hear the real “first bell”, announcing the beginning of the school year. Not…
02/09/2025
During today's historical excursion on the territory of the ethnographic yard "Grandfather's Hut", our guests learned a lot of interesting things about authentic exhibits, plunging into the past of our region. Children and adults got acquainted with real ancient tools of labor, learned what a harman, stamp mill, yoke, beater,…
26/08/2025
Yesterday, a new species appeared in Mykolaiv Zoo – the leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) – a species of feline from the subfamily of Felinae. Leopard cats live in South and East Asia. Their size corresponds to the size of a domestic cat, and in their vast range they are found…
14/08/2025
