Attention, dear visitors!Mykolaiv Zoo with pleasure informs that from February 6, 2021 exposition rooms of the ornithology department, the elephants house, the giraffes house and the primates house are again opened for visiting. Staying in the premises is subject to quarantine rules: mandatory wearing of a mask, social distance -…
04/02/2021
Every year on February 2 World Wetlands Day is celebrated. This marks the date of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands in the Iranian city Ramsar.
The purpose of World Wetlands Day is to increase interest in measures to support the future of these vital environments and the species…
02/02/2021
January 31 is International Zebra Day. The holiday was initiated by environmental organizations, including the Smithsonian's National Institute of Zoology and Conservation Biology Institute.
The purpose of International Zebra Day is to help preserve these unique animals.
There are few striped animals on earth, and among the mammals of the…
31/01/2021
The last weekend of January is the Days of Great Winter Bird Counting.
The purpose of these days is not only to draw public attention to the wonderful interesting world of birds. Conducting days of great bird counting helps to determine the species composition of the avifauna of a region…
30/01/2021
What does a zoo do for animals during severe frosts in winter?
Every year, as the cold weather approaches, the residents of our zoo prepare for winter. Heat-loving animals were transferred from summer enclosures to winter premises.
For example, hippos (Lat. Hippopotamus amphíbius) and Asian elephants (Lat. Elephas maximus) are…
21/01/2021
… Under the roof - a clean mud-walled hut, with a spacious yard, a haystack, a cart. Goats run out of the corner of the hut, curly lambs bleat from the miniature barn, geese chirp near the fence, a rooster walks masterfully at the head of a flock of chickens……
18/01/2021
Every year on January 11 Ukraine celebrates the Day of Reserves and National Parks.
Reserves and national parks - specially protected natural areas - today are probably the only way to protect at least a small part of wildlife from extinction.
Reserves and National Parks Day was first celebrated in…
16/01/2021
From 13.01.2021 Mykolaiv Zoo works in the park regime. The inner pavilions are closed to visitors. All animals that are not afraid of the cold are in the outdoor enclosures.
13/01/2021
In early January, two brothers celebrate their birthday – Kamchatka brown bears (Latin Ursus arctos beringianus) Myron and Vakula.
They were born in Mykolaiv Zoo on January 9, 2000. Today they are 21 years old.
Their parents Shaitan and Shata were born in nature on Kamchatka in 1979, and came…
09/01/2021
