Happy birthday, mighty Shanti!
On May 6, 2021, our Asian elephant (Lat. Elephas maximus) named Shanti celebrates his birthday. He is 13 years old.
Shanti was born in 2008 at Hannover Zoo. Arrived at Mykolaiv Zoo from Hungary on November 10, 2019, not alone, but with his friend Dinkar. The…
06/05/2021
On May 9, 2021, free entrance to the zoo was established for participants of the Second World War, anti-terrorist operations, participants in the military operations in Afghanistan, the disabled, participants in the liquidation of the Chernobyl accident, old-age pensioners (upon presentation of the document).
06/05/2021
Happy Easter! The zoo is working and waiting for you!
03/05/2021
On May 2 Ferret Day is celebrated. This day has been officially celebrated since 2014. The idea came a few years earlier from New Yorker Carol Roche.
Ferret Day was established to raise awareness of this animal.
Ferret (Lat. Putorius Cuvier) is a species of carnivorous mammal of the genus…
03/05/2021
Column "Flowering Calendar"
Holly-leaved berberry blooms in the zoo - an unpretentious evergreen plant native to North America. This plant is also called Oregon grapes - its useful berries really resemble grapes and are used for wine production.
And, of course, the first days of May at the zoo are…
03/05/2021
Column "Flowering Calendar"
Niedzwetzky's apple blooms in the zoo.
This plant is named after the naturalist Vladislav Niedzwiecki, who found specimens of apple tree in the mountain forests of the Tien Shan. The apple tree blooms with abundant purple or bright pink flowers. French gardeners believe that this apple tree…
03/05/2021
Dear visitors!
Mykolaiv Zoo works daily in the park mode, almost all animals are exhibited in open-air enclosures. Closed are: aquarium, winter pavilion of the ornithological department, primates house.
Opening hours of the zoo: May 1 and 2 from 9.00 to 19.00, ticket offices until 18.00. All holidays and weekends…
01/05/2021
Mykolaiv Zoo continues a cycle of articles in which we acquaint you with long-term residents of our zoo. This article is about American flamingos (Lat. Phoenicopterus ruber).
The collection of Mykolaiv Zoo contains 2 males of this species, which are now almost the same age as the new territory of…
01/05/2021
On April 29, 2021, the European bison (Lat. Bison bonasus) named Murko celebrates his birthday. He is 12 years old. The birthday boy arrived to Mykolaiv Zoo on April 20, 2010 from Kyiv.
By nature Murko is a balanced and calm animal. The zoo staff says that they kindly call…
29/04/2021
