Director

Director
Miroslav Bobek. Photo: Michal Sváček

Miroslav Bobek (* 10/2/1967 in Mladá Boleslav) has been leading Prague Zoo since 2010. He graduated in zoology from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Charles’ University, then worked in Czech Radio between 1993–2009. During his tenure as Director of Prague Zoo many new exhibits were built – particularly the Elephant...

Lord Howe Island stick insect. Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Prague Zoo

For a very long time I wished to get Lord Howe Island stick insect (Dryococelus australis) from Australia to Prague Zoo. Not only is it probably the most massive species of flightless insect, but the story of its alleged extinction, rediscovery and...

Inuit carving of a polar bear from the collections of the National Museum—Náprstek Museum of Asian, African and American Cultures

The “cornerstone” of the Artic Exhibit, which we will tap next Saturday at Prague Zoo, will be very unconventional. We will place an ice cube measuring 1 x 1 x 1 meter on a stone base and a thousand pieces of small souvenirs will be frozen in it....


Photo: Miroslav Bobek, Zoo Praha

We kept a lid on it for a long time, but we are not going to keep this excellent news secret any longer. We have another unique chick! They are amazing—no ugly ducklings, quite the opposite. And extremely rare, on top of it. The first in Europe....

Red-necked wallabies—though not the continental subspecies, but rather the Tasmanian one—can be seen today in Darwin’s Crater in Prague Zoo. Photo: Petr Hamerník, Prague Zoo

This year marks 120 years since the football club AFK Vršovice, today’s Bohemians 1905, was founded. That’s why I made a little search into the history of kangaroos, which are inseparably connected with this club.