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Special Greek flight airlifts pets and their owners from war-hit Mideast

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 18:39:01 +0000

Passengers arriving in Athens from Abu Dhabi say it was hard to find a flight that would accept their canine and feline companions; one says her cat dealt with war better than her

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Family fundraises for poodles badly hurt in Iranian missile attack

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:03:09 +0000

Surgery for Tsili and Gili expected to cost tens of thousands of shekels, and owner Danielle Haroush 'can barely make ends meet,' says sister

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Israeli researcher finds that by eavesdropping, ‘genius’ dogs learn words like toddlers

Sat, 17 Jan 2026 07:13:18 +0000

In Shany Dror's study, super-smart canines had 90% accuracy in fetching toys whose names they learned directly or overheard; findings shed light on how language learning may have evolved

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Goose bumps: 12,000-year-old figurine from Israel shows surreal woman-bird mating scene

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 20:50:22 +0000

Tiny clay sculpture unearthed at Nahal Ein Gev in the Galilee is the earliest known figurine depicting human-animal interaction, as documented by study in prestigious PNAS journal

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Days after end of Operation Rising Lion, Haifa zoo roars back into action

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 07:21:23 +0000

After repeatedly being forced to close due to conflicts since Oct. 7, 2023, the zoological garden welcomes visitors back - and its staff has a message about their mission

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In breakthrough that may aid blind, Israeli scientists find mice use whiskers to ‘hear’

Wed, 04 Jun 2025 07:29:27 +0000

Weizmann Institute researchers use AI models to show the act of 'whisking' allows mice to generate sounds that, encoded in their brain's auditory cortex, aid them in navigation

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Israeli and Cypriot researchers team up on extreme cave makeover for rare monk seals

Fri, 16 May 2025 09:09:55 +0000

A rehabilitation project in northern Israel aims to provide safe and dry breeding places for the endangered marine mammals, of which only 600-700 remain in the world

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Early humans in Israel really liked their steaks, new study shows

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 14:04:05 +0000

While the region offered a great diversity of fauna, Middle Paleolithic humans favored hunting the ancestor of cows, archaeological remains from the Nesher Ramla site have revealed

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Hezbollah fire doesn’t deter dedicated vets treating animals in war-torn Kiryat Shmona

Sat, 12 Oct 2024 22:10:12 +0000

Two veterinarians in the officially evacuated city keep their clinics open, at times forced to amputate the legs of dogs caught up in the terror group's rocket attacks

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TAU’s $10 million Doolittle prize seeks scientists who can ‘talk to the animals’

Wed, 19 Jun 2024 06:15:26 +0000

The award inaugurated this month at Tel Aviv University hopes to spur research, with the aim of creating human-animal dialogue 'at their own level'

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TAU prize offers $10 million to quack code of animal communication

Sat, 01 Jun 2024 04:51:08 +0000

Annual contest seeks to stimulate the use of AI in animal language research with 'the ultimate aim of interspecies communication'

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Iran claims to send animals into space to prepare for human missions

Wed, 06 Dec 2023 10:43:42 +0000

Western countries suspicious Iranian space program could be used for military purposes

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Priests bless parade of pets at New York cathedral

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 21:19:39 +0000

Manhattan Episcopal church invites four-legged -- and some no-legged -- guests to mark feast of St. Francis of Assisi, known as patron saint of pets and animals

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Ramat Gan Safari puts down elderly chimpanzee

Wed, 12 Jul 2023 20:18:29 +0000

Augusta, 53, who suffered a stroke, is euthanized; keepers watch as family, other members of her group pay last respects

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Cow blunders through hardware store

Wed, 19 Apr 2023 08:14:25 +0000

Animal saunters onto premises in Emunim, knocking items off shelves and causing thousands of shekels in damage

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