Slovenia has been experiencing a spell of unseasonably warm sunny weather with several records broken over the past weekend, including the earliest 30 degrees Celsius on record.
The mercury climbed to 30C in the village of Osilnica in the south of the country on 7 April, the highest on record for t

Slovenia's lynx population has grown to some 50 adults since a dozen new animals have been relocated to the country's forests to revive the gene pool and save the species from re-extinction as part of an EU-funded project that is now coming to an end. The size of the population augurs well for the

A Slovenian-led expedition has discovered four new spider species in a tropical forest in Madagascar, an island known for its rich biodiversity. All four raft spiders belong to the Dolomedes genus.
Biologist Matjaž Kuntner from the National Institute of Biology (NIB) and Kuang-Ping Yu, a doctoral c

Frogs and other amphibians are at particular risk at this time of year as they migrate en masse to their spawning grounds, often across dangerous roads. Luckily, volunteers are there to help them.
Each spring, several hundred volunteers across Slovenia save thousands of frogs' lives by helping them

Slovenia's parliament has unanimously passed changes to the Environment Protection Act that bring stricter emission standards for co-incineration, a decision that caps months of bitter campaigning that pitted NGOs against the biggest company that will be affected by the changes.
The bill was tabled

A month before Easter, the greater pasque flower, an endangered species in Slovenia, is coming into bloom at what is its largest growth site in the country, some 10 kilometres east of Celje.
Hundreds of visitors are expected to admire the flowers over the course of the coming weeks and like every s

Researchers from the Ljubljana Biotechnical Faculty have discovered a new feeding behaviour in spotted hyenas who have taken a liking for songbirds. The researchers studied the hyenas and published their findings in the American scientific journal Food Webs.
Spotted hyenas are mostly known as scave

A total of 72 karst caves have so far been discovered during the construction of a 27-kilometre rail track that will link the port town of Koper and the Divača railway junction by a new, faster route.
The caves have been explored and documented by experts from the national Karst Research Institute.

Located at the southernmost point of the Slovenian sea, the Fonda fish farm has been producing sea bass and other fish for the past 20 years. Having capitalised on relatively deep sea levels and strong currents there, the family-run company is focused on high-quality fish farming as opposed to mass