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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 642

Israel Nature and Parks Authority

Known as Maya in Israel and Anassa in Cyprus, this Mediterranean monk seal, one of the rarest marine animals in the world, rests with her pup in Cyprus in October 2024. (Courtesy/Haris Nicolaou)
May 16, 2025, 12:09 pm
Israeli and Cypriot researchers team up on extreme cave makeover for rare monk seals
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
By Diana Bletter
View of a massive wildfire near Latrun, outside of Jerusalem, April 30, 2025. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
May 4, 2025, 9:03 pm
Fire authority needs ‘double the budget’ to cope during era of mega-fires — official
Head of National Fire and Rescue Authority’s Fire Research Branch: ‘What would happen in case of simultaneous fire events countrywide?’
By Sue Surkes
A firefighter tries to extinguish a massive wildfire at Canada Park, west of Jerusalem, April 30, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 1, 2025, 9:58 am
Government accused of failing to take fire threat seriously despite years of warnings
Leaders cut budget for already undermanned fire service, and National Security Council ignored calls for session on wildfire preparation until after blaze broke out Wednesday
By Sue Surkes
Teams continue to search on April 22, 2025, for a diver who was attacked by a shark off the coast of Hadera the previous day (Jack Guez/AFP)
April 22, 2025, 1:28 pm
Rescuers resume search for man missing after shark attack at Hadera beach
Friend says he warned man not to go swimming; diving guide says he has swum up close with sharks in area in past, but they never attacked
By ToI Staff
Police search for a diver who was attacked by a shark off the coast of Hadera, on April 21, 2025. (Israel Police)
April 21, 2025, 7:16 pm
Diver missing, feared dead, after rare shark attack off the coast of Hadera
‘They’re eating him,’ witnesses shout. ‘Nobody’s coming to save him’. Recent fish die-offs have attracted dusky and sandbar sharks to area, where swimming is prohibited
By Charlie Summers and Sue Surkes
A lion cub (left) and a monkey rescued by police in operations in Kfar Qasim and Lod, March 15, 2025. (Israel Police)
March 15, 2025, 1:58 pm
Police rescue lion cub, monkey from illegal animal traders
Authorities believe cub was smuggled into Israel, say anyone who came near the animals must be tested for diseases; another cub and monkeys recovered in ops earlier in the week
By ToI Staff
The body of a wolf poisoned to death by pesticide bait. (Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
February 10, 2025, 6:17 pm
Nature authority warns of possible upswing in illegal animal poisonings
Over past five years, February has seen increase in use of poisonous bait as farmers return to agricultural activity and seek to protect crops and livestock from attack
By Sue Surkes
The carcasses of 335 black kites at Moshav Patish in southern Israel, after a mass poisoning event apparently caused by an approved pesticide leaching into puddles caused by irrigation, near Moshav Patish, southern Israel, February 1, 2025. (Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
February 2, 2025, 8:04 pm
335 black kites, greater spotted eagle found dead after being poisoned in Negev
Mass mortality near Moshav Patish in southern Israel apparently caused by approved pesticide; nature authority chief scientist pans state for regulatory failure
By Sue Surkes
Fires burn next to the northern city of Kiryat Shmona on June 3, 2024, following rocket and drone attacks from nearby Lebanon. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
December 18, 2024, 11:49 pm
Agency says NIS 100 million needed to rehabilitate nature in northern Israel after war
Israel Nature and Parks Authority concludes difficult year, with 374,000 dunams burned, one staff member killed fighting in Gaza, one in Hamas captivity
By Sue Surkes
Israel's first National Marine Park at Caesarea in northern Israel, announced by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority, and the Planning Administration, on November 25, 2024. (Guy Levian, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
November 26, 2024, 2:12 pm
Israel dives into offshore conservation with first National Marine Park
Area off Caesarea joins large extension to the Evtach Marine Reserve in waters between Ashkelon and Ashdod, plus projects in Hadera and additional land in the Ramon Crater
By Sue Surkes
An undated picture showing a coral that underwent bleaching in the Gulf of Eilat earlier this year. (Omri Omessi/ Assaf Zvuloni, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
November 18, 2024, 8:36 pm
First cases of coral bleaching reported in Gulf of Eilat
Worrying finding appears to upend long-held assumption that corals in the area are unusually resistant to rising seawater temperatures
By Sue Surkes
Conservationists from the Israel Parks and Nature Authority release an endangered turtle into the Red Sea, October 31, 2024. (Screen capture via YouTube,used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
November 1, 2024, 10:29 pm
Israeli conservationists release endangered hawksbill turtles into Red Sea
Three ‘critically endangered’ turtles, all females, were raised in an underwater observatory in Eilat, and finally reached maturity at more than twenty years old
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Smoke rises from a fire which broke out from missiles fired from Lebanon at a forest outside the northern Israeli city of Tzfat, September 24, 2024. (David Cohen/ Flash90)
October 16, 2024, 7:14 am
Head out to nature, or stay near a bomb shelter? The Israeli Sukkot dilemma
As the Jewish state’s ultimate hiking holiday approaches, millions debate whether to get fresh air and risk being caught by enemy rockets – as this writer did
By Aviv Lavie
An undated photo of a pair of eco-toilets at the IDF Nitzanim training base in southern Israel. (Guy Saly, Nature Defense Force)
October 13, 2024, 10:20 am
Army cleans up its act with eco-toilets
Following pilot project, officer in charge of environmental protection calls for wide adoption of eco-toilets where permanent facilities needed in open areas
By Sue Surkes
An aging vulture wearing a GPS radio transmitter. (Tovale Solomon)
September 3, 2024, 11:25 am
While young vultures gad about, older ones prefer to stay home – study
Tel Aviv University research shows that aging vultures become less sociable
By Sue Surkes
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