Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Інститут зоології ім.

І. І. Шмальгаузена Національної академії наук України) is the leading institution in Ukraine doing research in zoology.

The Institute of Zoology was initially founded as The committee for studies of the fauna of Ukraine in 1919 and started its activities in its current form on August 1, 1930.

Among the scientists of Institute were Aleksandr Markevich, Mykola Szczerbak, Vladislav Monchenko, Boris Balinsky, Sergey Paramonov, Leo Sheljuzhko and many others.

The Institute of Zoology is the leading Ukrainian center in studies of biodiversity, providing the expertise for implementation of the CBD, the Bonn Convention, the EUROBATS Agreement, evaluation for CITES documents, maintaining the Ukrainian Cadaster of Fauna, contributing to the national programs for establishing new protected areas and mapping the fauna of Ukraine.