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Mountain gazelles seen near blossoming almond trees. (Nimrod Lahav, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
December 12, 2025, 5:29 am
Wildlife smuggling, poison, rabies rise in 2025, alongside uptick in nature visits
In annual review, Israel Nature and Parks Authority says public returning to reserves, parks, after October 7, 2023, but calls for better management after 15 hikers die
By Sue Surkes
A six-legged deer with a rare genetic defect was spotted in southern Israel in a photo released on April 8, 2024. (Society for Protection of Nature in Israel)
April 8, 2024, 2:34 pm
Six-legged gazelle born with rare genetic defect spotted in Israel’s south
Sighting marks first time the polymelia disorder has been seen in the endangered Israeli mountain gazelle, of which there are fewer than 5,000 in the wild
By ToI Staff
A mountain gazelle is pictured on a hill next to a forest in a suburb of Jerusalem on January 7, 2021. (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
January 15, 2021, 2:37 pm
Israel studies new forest home for endangered mountain gazelle
Wildlife experts hope population numbers can recover in woodlands like the Forest of the Martyrs west of Jerusalem
By Alexandra Vardi
A mountain gazelle looks down at a highway in Israel. (Amir Balaban, Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.)
June 14, 2020, 7:52 pm
Israel’s mountain gazelles under serious threat, urgent action needed — study
Research urges refraining from encouraging human population growth, calls for stopping urban sprawl into natural areas to save endangered species
By Sue Surkes
An ibex chats up a Tristram’s grackle at the Ein Gedi nature reserve .(Shmuel Bar-Am)
December 19, 2019, 5:00 pm
In 50-year record, 20 new nature reserves, national parks designated in 2019
But in year’s end roundup report, Israel Nature and Parks Authority director says lack of functioning government leaves funding for 2020 unclear, harms ability to plan
By Sue Surkes
A male acacia gazelle with a new fawn. (Eran Hyams, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
October 15, 2019, 1:17 pm
Fawn born to endangered gazelles in southern Israel
Just 30 to 40 acacia gazelles remain in a protected area of the Arava desert
By Sue Surkes
One of the younger gazelles now living in Jerusalem's Gazelle Valley, the city's urban wildlife park. (Amir Balaban)
April 9, 2018, 12:41 pm
New fawns increase endangered gazelle population by two
Named Ruby and Pesach, two youngsters join the herd at Jerusalem’s gazelle valley nature park
By Sue Surkes
A mountain gazelle. (CC BY-SA 3.0, Bassem 18, Wikimedia Commons)
September 5, 2015, 5:58 pm
Israeli gazelle in danger of extinction
Fewer than 2,000 Palestinian mountain gazelles left in the wild, says British expert
By ToI Staff
Passover paper animals? David Brill's creatures, from the recently opened origami exhibit at the Old Jaffa Museum (Courtesy Old Jaffa Museum)
April 3, 2015, 9:38 am
When the seder’s over, get out and play
11 ways to celebrate your freedom over the Passover holiday break
By Jessica Steinberg
One of the younger gazelles now living in Jerusalem's Gazelle Valley, the city's urban wildlife park. (Amir Balaban)
March 29, 2015, 2:55 pm
Gazelles return to embattled Jerusalem valley
An unprecedented win over residential developers brings long-legged antelopes back to the country’s first urban nature reserve
By Jessica Steinberg
The endangered mountain gazelle. (Wikimedia Commons/Bassem18)
February 16, 2014, 6:53 pm
Mountain gazelle makes Golan comeback after tough times
Regional antelope species, considered a symbol of Israel, marks 3rd year of encouraging increase
By Aron Dónzis
A gazelle in the protected reserve of Deer Valley in Jerusalem, which is surrounded by roads and highways. (Haim Shohat/Flash90)
June 25, 2013, 8:26 pm
Rangers find severed gazelle, porcupine heads
Police launch investigation, suspect poachers behind gruesome display
By ToI Staff
The number of bike riders in Tel Aviv -- soldiers included -- grew 50 percent between 2010 and last year. (Serge Attal/FLASH90/JTA)
February 4, 2013, 2:36 pm
Europeans clamor to take Tel Aviv for a ride
Bicycle manufacturers can’t soft-pedal their excitement about city’s soaring cycling enthusiasm
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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