Today we held a traditional event dedicated to World Turtle Day. Everyone who wanted was able to get acquainted with the interesting representatives of our turtle collection, learn interesting facts about these amazing animals. Attention was paid to the issues of turtle protection, the issues of caring for them. We…
27/05/2025
Mykolaiv Zoo suffered a heavy loss – on May 25, 2025, Vira Pavlivna Zhuravlyova, deputy head of the department of ungulates and proboscidean, died. Vira Pavlivna devoted her whole life to the zoo, having worked there for more than 50 years.
Vira Pavlivna Zhuravlyova began her career in 1974 at…
27/05/2025
World Turtle Day is an annual holiday celebrated on May 23. The holiday was initiated by the American Tortoise Rescue in 2000 to draw attention to "the problems of the death of a large number of tortoises due to proximity to humans". The purpose of World Turtle Day is to…
23/05/2025
Today, Mykolaiv Zoo was pleased to welcome everyone to the “Festival of Friendship of Peoples”, which is held as part of the intercultural project “MYKOLAIV. WE ARE DIFFERENT. WE ARE TOGETHER!”, which is being implemented for the “Day of International Harmony and Cultural Diversity”.
The Mykolaiv region is diverse, intercultural.…
17/05/2025
Attention to the leaders of young biologists' groups of zoos, groups of ecological and naturalistic centers, biology teachers, all young scientists – connoisseurs of nature, as well as to the leaders of Children's Art Schools, leaders of Fine Art groups, teachers and all young artists!
On the occasion of the…
14/05/2025
Happy Birthday Sir David Frederick Attenborough!
Today is the birthday of David Attenborough, one of the world's most famous naturalists and a prominent science communicator.
David Attenborough was born on May 8, 1926 in London, United Kingdom. He is one of the most famous British naturalists, television presenters and documentarians,…
09/05/2025
Today, Mykolaiv Zoo was visited by participants of the project of the public organization "Needed Here", which is aimed at the professional orientation of children and youth of the city of Mykolaiv. During the event, children and youth got acquainted with the features of the zoo's work, the peculiarities of…
09/05/2025
On May 6, one of our wonderful, playful, active elephants celebrates his birthday – the Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) named Shanti. Our giant turns 17!
Shanti was born in Hanover Zoo, in 2019 he arrived at Mykolaiv Zoo together with his friend Dinkar.
Now our elephants are favorites of the…
08/05/2025
