What happens when 23 of the most gifted high school students from across the country, top scientists, and a program packed with experiments come together in one place? You get a week that changes their perspective on science. 

Community mapping under the title “Prague Is Looking for Glow-worms” is now getting underway in Prague, intending to find out where these glowing beetles thrive best in the capital city. Scientists are inviting the general public to help collect data by sharing their observations via the iNaturalist platform or the project’s Facebook profile. This year, entomologists are focusing on the common glow-worm, a species in which only the flightless females glow. “Without high-quality information on their occurrence, we cannot prevent the decline not only of glow-worms, but of organisms in general,” says project leader Martin Novák from the Faculty of Environmental Sciences at CZU in Prague.

An exhibition of studio projects by students from the Department of Garden and Landscape Architecture of the Faculty of Agrobiology, Food and Natural Resources at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague is currently on display in the MCEV II building. This diverse showcase of student work is open to the public until 16 June.

A new information platform for everyone interested in Czech and global forests and forestry has been launched. The new PROLES portal was created by experts from the Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture. It focuses on the latest knowledge about risks facing forests, such as windstorms, pests, fires and invasive species, as well as ways to address them.

On 28–29 May 2026, the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague hosted the international workshop, 24th International Workshop for Young Scientists – BioPhys Spring 2026. This conference is held annually and is co-organized by the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, the Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra, the Polish Institute of Agrophysics PAS in Lublin, the Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, and the Institut Teknologi Nasional in Bandung, Indonesia.