A wildfire that engulfed around 150 hectares of forest on Mount Trstelj in the Kras region in western Slovenia has been localised and is fully under control.
"We currently have the fire fully under control," said Blaž Rogelja, the commander of the Komen volunteer fire brigade, said on 19 July, a da

Two years after the western region of Kras was hit by the most devastating blaze in the country's history, a large wildfire broke out on 18 July in nearly the same area, prompting a national response involving multiple aircraft and dozens of fire brigades.
The fire broke out in the morning on Mount

Two years after Slovenia's southwest region of Kras was hit by a devastating wildfire, efforts to restore the forests are in full swing, firefighters have obtained new gear and the country now has its own firefighting aircraft.
The disastrous fire, which broke out in July 2022, destroyed 3,700 hect

Five Alpine ibexes that were kept in the Ljubljana Zoo have been released into the wild as part of an international conservation project that aims to help the wild Alpine ibex population.
The Ljubljana Zoo was asked to take part in the project because its herd of 28 ibexes is one of the three large

The Ljubljana Zoo has lost its oldest resident, a charismatic 50-year-old Western Chimpanzee named Mojca. With her passing, elephant Ganga is now the most senior, at 49.
Two weeks ago, the staff noticed Mojca had suddenly grown weak. The deterioration was caused by a heart problem and the chimpanze

Slovenia and Italy have succeeded with their joint bid for UNESCO to designate a Transboundary Biosphere Reserve in the Julian Alps, an area spanning 277,000 hectares in both countries.
The new biosphere brings together the Slovenian Julian Alps Biosphere Reserve and the Italian Julian Prealps Bios

Parts of the northern Adriatic, including Slovenia, have been affected by unsightly marine mucilage, a thick, gelatinous organic matter that has been causing problems to bathers and fishermen.
Although the strong winds mostly blew away the sea snot over the weekend, it has now started to reappear,

Europe remains apprehensive about using genetically modified organisms in agriculture and has strict laws against GMOs, which is why researchers have started working on various ways to use genetic techniques without altering plant genomes in order to overcome the stigma of GMOs. The Biotechnical Fa

The Soča is one of the most pristine rivers in Europe. It is crystal clean and water quality is good, but environmentalists and fishermen are concerned about possible industrial incidents and chemical pollutants, some of which may seep into the river from unlikely sources.
The chemical state of the