On the 31st of May the Day of Blondes is celebrated. Official story is that this day was initiated by American lady advocates. Men colleagues used to treat them as inferiors and hinted at their low intellect.
European Federation of Zoos is an organization which unites nature reserves in 36 European countries. The event of European Park Day was anniunced in 1999 and has been yearly kept since throughout the Europe.
What are turtles? What is their inner construction? Why is their number diminishing in the modern world? Schoolchildren of the fifth year of Kharkov gymnasium have got answers to these questions in form of a fascinating lecture.
The 22nd of May is the Biodiversity Day which was set up by the General Assembly of OUN in 1995. According to the World Wild Nature Foundation, the biodiversity means all manifold forms of life in the planet, millions of plant species, animals, microorganisms with their unique gene combinations and with their complicated ecosystems which comprise wild nature.
"Biology is not only in textbooks, it is real life, interesting and fascinating in all its manifestations", this was the motto of a quest organized by Kharkov Zoo specialists in school N 87.
He is gorgeous and elegant. He is a true carnivore animal, quite playful. This is our Yelisey who is celebrating his birthday. Today he became three years old! He came to the Zoo as a seven-months-old kitten who was afraid of the smallest rustle. Now he is a majestic tiger who keeps his territory from any intrusion. He still remains curious and playfyl.
Each year anthropogenic impact entails changes in the climate of the Earth. This means global warming, decrease of ozone layer in atmosphere and natural disasters. The Day of Climate turns our attention to this problem. This event is kept on the 15th of May.