I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology (IZAN)

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 includes the library containing 153 thousands of special publications and the editorship of the «Zoodiversity» (former Vestnik Zoologii) journal. Within the Institute, 3 scientific societies are working: The Ukrainian Scientific Society of Parasitologists, The Ukrainian Entomological Society, and The Ukrainian Theriological Society.