The I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is the oldest institution in Ukraine specialised in general zoology.Today the Institute is a worldwide known zoological institution with a powerful scientific potential and corresponding structure including 14 scientific departments, Bird ringing centre, ornithological station in Melitopol, experimental apiary, CITES Coordination Centre and Department of scientific information. The latter includes the library containing 153 thousands of special publications and the editorship of the "Vestnik Zoologii" journal.