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Israel Nature and Parks Authority
A herd of elephants form a protective circle against a perceived threat in Mikumi National Park, Tanzania, March 21, 2018. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
August 17, 2019, 6:22 pm
Israel seeks to ban trade in woolly mammoth tusks to protect elephants
At World Wildlife Conference, Israeli scheme aims to stop the ‘laundering’ of ivory, often presented as product from extinct species
By TOI staff and AP
Illustrative - A sea turtle laying eggs on the beach. (Yaniv Levy, Israel National Parks Authority)
August 5, 2019, 2:32 pm
Don’t drive on the beach: It’s turtle hatching season
Nature and Parks Authority calls on public to stay away from shore after hatchling found trapped in depression caused by tire marks
By Sue Surkes
One of dozens of reptiles found in a Tel Aviv apartment as part of an international operation against illegal trade in animals, June 2019. (Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
July 17, 2019, 4:38 pm
Police find dozens of exotic reptiles in raid on Tel Aviv apartment
Hoard including snapping turtles and poison dart frogs smuggled into Israel for sale on black market; suspect detained for questioning as part of international operation
By Stuart Winer
Mount Zion archaeological excavations conducted by the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, in cooperation with Ashkelon Academic College, at the Jerusalem Walls National Park, 2019. (Virginia Withers)
July 15, 2019, 4:26 pm
First evidence of Crusader siege from July 15, 1099, uncovered at Old City walls
920 years ago, Crusaders breached Jerusalem and conquered the walled Fatimid city. Now the Mount Zion Project has found a chronicled moat that to many scholars had seemed like myth
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
An Israeli soldier uses a fire hose in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 10, 2019, 8:20 pm
South sees stark drop in number of fires caused by Gaza arson attacks
Unclear whether fivefold fall in blazes in border region is due to improved IDF abilities or fewer launches of balloon-borne incendiaries
By Judah Ari Gross
Illustrative photo of a snake eagle chick. (Liad Cohen, Nature and Parks Authority)
June 22, 2019, 1:35 am
Snake eagle chick saved from fire thanks to IDF conservation program
Nature Defense Force, launched five years ago, maps important nesting sites in firing-range areas to protect trees from brush fires
By Sue Surkes
A snake confiscated by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority during a crackdown on the illegal trade in reptiles, June 17, 2019. (Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
June 18, 2019, 1:39 am
Israel nabs smuggled reptiles, including rare boa constrictors, turtles
Israel Nature and Parks Authority joins Interpol, Europol and more than 20 nations in major clampdown on illegal smuggling and keeping of reptiles
By Sue Surkes
One of the rooms at the new King Herod's Vaults Visitor Center, which opened at the Caesarea National Park on May 29, 2019. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
May 30, 2019, 6:11 pm
Caesarea opens new NIS 80 million visitor center in reconstructed vaults
Complete reconstruction of ruins can be controversial, but adapting ancient buildings to modern uses is part of a worldwide trend to breathe more life into archaeological sites
By Melanie Lidman
Members of Israel's Sea Turtle Rescue Center release an injured, pregnant turtle on May 26, 2019, after it was rescued on May 23, while in distress far from shore. (Channel 11 screen capture)
May 26, 2019, 8:54 pm
Ultrasound surprise: Injured turtle found to be pregnant
Imaging scan of turtle found off northern coast reveals crack in shell is not as serious as her need to give birth, so she is treated and released to lay her eggs
By TOI staff
An Egyptian vulture in flight over the Gamla nature reserve on the Israeli Golan, May 2013. (Wikipedia/Вых Пыхманн/CC BY-SA)
May 22, 2019, 12:32 pm
Egyptian vultures return to Carmel mountains after 60-year absence
Rare nest found perched on cliff face at Hai Bar Nature Reserve, just two weeks after griffon vulture population on Golan Heights was decimated in poisoning incident
By TOI staff
A vulture that fell ill after being poisoned is returned to the wild in Gamla, on the Golan Heights, May 16, 2019. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
May 17, 2019, 9:32 pm
Rivlin says ‘national plans’ needed to protect animals after vulture poisoning
President mourns death of 8 vultures killed in Golan as one bird that fell ill in incident returns to the wild in ‘a moment of hope’
By TOI staff
Ghassan Manduri, 36, from the Bedouin village of Tuba-Zangariyye in the Galilee, in court on suspicion of poisoning eight rare griffon vultures, May 13, 2019. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
May 13, 2019, 1:46 pm
Court remands suspect in poisoning of Golan Heights vultures
Lawyer says suspect, a rancher, denies deliberately contaminating cow carcass, wiping out about half the vulture population in the area
By TOI staff
The carcasses of eight vultures found poisoned in the Golan Heights on May 10, 2019. (Nature and Parks Authority)
May 12, 2019, 10:06 pm
Suspect arrested over poisoning of Golan Heights vultures
Man in his 30s from Galilee village said to have sprayed toxin on cow carcass to keep predators away, leading to deaths of half of local vulture population
By TOI staff
A poisoned vulture is treated after being poisoned in the Golan Heights, May 10, 2019 YouTube screenshot)
May 10, 2019, 3:19 pm
Eight vultures die of poisoning in Golan, in ‘mortal blow’ to local population
Officials say the deaths cut species’ numbers in the area by half, amid painstaking conservation efforts
By TOI staff
Israelis barbecue during Israel's 69th Independence Day celebrations in Jerusalem, May 2, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 9, 2019, 9:53 am
As Israelis fire up the BBQs, park officials plead: Pick up your trash
In one green area in the center of the country, staff members need at least 8 garbage trucks to clean up after Independence Day
By Melanie Lidman
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