2+ hour, 49+ min ago  (538+ words) A great white filmed between Tunisia and Sicily has drawn new attention to an ancient Mediterranean population that has survived for 3. 2 million years, but is now critically endangered and still poorly understood by scientists...

22+ hour, 39+ min ago  (35+ words) From a cheetah with blood on its face after a meal to a snake staring into the camera, members of the Israeli Nature Photography Association capture the faces of animals in powerful close-up images...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (65+ words) Ynetnews Reef romance and 'pajamas': how butterflyfish signal ocean change Butterflyfish in the Red Sea and tropical reefs form monogamous pairs, 'wear pajamas' at night for camouflage and feed on coral; As climate change drives reef loss, scientists study their…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (76+ words) Too busy breeding to go extinct: Nacho and Trixie have produced 55 chicks in two years, helping bring New Zealand's critically endangered k'k'riki parrot back from the brink Lovebirds on a mission: meet the power couple saving New Zealand's rarest parakeet…...

1+ mon, 51+ min ago  (70+ words) A Demoiselle Crane, white-throated Robin and the first long-tailed Duck recorded in northern Israel have sparked excitement at Agamon Ha Hula, one of the world's key migration stopovers Rare bird sightings draw birdwatchers to Israel's Hula Valley A Demoiselle Crane,…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (1024+ words) Israeli researchers found that risk-taking ravens in the Judean Desert are more likely to approach human activity, gaining food but suffering higher mortality, while cautious birds avoid people and survive at higher rates Along the Dead Sea shoreline, where desert…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (740+ words) {"0":"During a survey of raptors in Judean Desert, a falcon was spotted with remnants of leather straps on its legs, equipment used by hunters to tie the legs of birds of prey; The escaped falcon found a mate, and is…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (936+ words) In a significant botanical finding, a tiny and extremely rare plant, the Persian Puma, was recently discovered at the Nahal Prat Nature Reserve in the Judean Hills; the two plants are currently the only known specimens of the species in…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (950+ words) ynetnews Israel's annual "Great Butterfly Count" has faced two major setbacks this year The citizen science initiative, now in its seventh year and held each spring during peak butterfly activity, began on March 29 This time, however, participants have had to…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1060+ words) ynetnews Four lions arrived in Israel overnight Thursday on an El Al cargo flight The lions " one male and three female " came from two zoos in the Czech Republic as part of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria's lion…...