World Tapir Day is celebrated annually around the world on April 27. To date, it is unknown who proposed to celebrate this holiday, but we know that the first World Tapir Day was celebrated in 2008.
The purpose of the holiday is to spread information about these endangered animals.
What…
27/04/2021
Missed the warmth, greenery and flowers? We invite you to a fabulous paradise of Mykolaiv Zoo on a holiday of Hanami.
Hanami is a festival of flowering and admiration of sakura. Literally the name of this great national holiday is translated as "contemplation of flowers".
Sakura Blossom Festival is one…
26/04/2021
Today, on April 26, 2021, Mykolaiv Zoo turns 120 years!
This is an extremely important event not only for our zoo, but also for all Mykolaiv.
The history of creation of Mykolaiv Zoo goes back to the distant past and went for the end of the 19th and the beginning…
26/04/2021
Column "Flowering Calendar"
Muscari blooms in the zoo flowerbeds. The name is given to the flower for its musky aroma. Its English name is "grape hyacinth" - the inflorescences really resemble bunches of grapes. And French call the plant "earth lilac".
The most magnificent flowering muscari in the zoo can…
26/04/2021
Column "Flowering Calendar"
Finally the sakura has already begun its magic flowering, and now some corners of Mykolaiv Zoo become similar to the real Japanese gardens. You can see blossoming sakura trees near the pond with koi carps, near the pavilion of tropical butterflies, near the enclosures for tigers and…
18/04/2021
Environment Day is an ecological holiday, which is celebrated in Ukraine annually on the third Saturday of April. This year this holiday falls on April 17.
The beginning of this holiday was marked by the All-Ukrainian action "Tree - Life", which was held in 1997-1998 and consisted in involving the…
17/04/2021
Column "Flowering Calendar".
Magnolia kobus is already all in a milky white dress of flowers today! This plant is a real relic, it appeared in the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods and has been successfully preserved to this day. In those days there were no bees, so pollination was due to…
17/04/2021
Japanese macaques or "snow monkeys" are the northernmost of the primates. They are perfectly adapted to the climate of northern Japan, where there are frosts and heavy snowfall, due to warm fur and high intelligence. They are able to survive at a temperature of −15 °C, spending most of the…
16/04/2021
Column "Flowering Calendar"
Italian woodbine blooms in the zoo. The flowers of this plant are not very bright and spectacular, but have an extremely pleasant delicate aroma that spreads for several meters. Look for Italian woodbine bushes near the enclosure for elephants and the enclosure for hippos. You will feel…
16/04/2021
