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Israel Nature and Parks Authority

Part of the archeological site of the Avdat National Park seen through an ancient variety of grape vine, Negev Highlands, southern Israel. (Courtesy, Lior Schweimer, Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
August 4, 2026, 6:51 am
Long-lost Byzantine-era vines are again cultivated on ancient Negev terraces
Discovery of 7th-century grape seeds at Avdat National Park in southern Israel inspires Nature and Parks Authority archaeologist to recreate wine valued across the ancient empire
By Sue Surkes
Crocodiles at Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo, August 18, 2024. (Police spokesperson)
August 2, 2026, 8:27 pm
Court freezes transfer of crocodiles to prison moat, putting Ben Gvir’s plan on hold
Following petition from animal rights group against move to surround Ketziot Prison with Nile crocodiles, Jerusalem District Court gives state until Wednesday to respond
By ToI Staff
Senior prison officials tour the crocodile farm at Hamat Gader in northern Israel, January 2026. (Via social media)
July 23, 2026, 11:03 am
Construction said already underway on Ben Gvir’s prison crocodile moat
Far-right minister’s office confirms that digging has begun at Ketziot Prison, despite objections from nature authority and environment ministry’s legal council
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Senior prison officials tour the crocodile farm at Hamat Gader in northern Israel, January 2026. (Via social media)
July 17, 2026, 1:17 pm
Minister snubs legal adviser, advancing Ben Gvir’s plan to surround prisons with crocodiles
Likud’s Idit Silman reclassifies crocodiles as ‘tended’ to pave way for far-right national security minister’s plan, despite opposition from environmental officials
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Stray dogs. (JDMaddox/ iStockphoto, Getty Images)
June 18, 2026, 10:20 pm
Explosion of feral dog population threatens big cities with rabies, nature expert warns
Chief Scientist of Israel Nature and Parks Authority notes huge increase in dogs with rabies, wider distribution, while blaming poor sanitation
By Sue Surkes
Oil seeps between desert bushes in the Evrona nature reserve, December 7, 2014. (Facebook / Tamar Zandenburg)
June 2, 2026, 1:38 pm
Nature Authority to remove 40,000 tons of soil polluted in massive 2014 oil spill
Inspectors will guide every tractor driver to ensure minimum harm to sensitive arid ecosystem near Eilat, where acacia trees are failing to germinate along contaminated streambeds
By Sue Surkes
A monkey, likely trafficked into Israel, after being rescued by police in the Negev, southern Israel, on April 10, 2025. (Israel Police)
June 2, 2026, 12:46 pm
Knesset committee extends money laundering law to wildlife trafficking
Move allows authorities to follow money trail, track down criminals involved in what is regarded as fourth-largest category of illegal global trade
By Sue Surkes
Wild boars gather in a residential area in the northern Israeli city of Haifa on December 5, 2019 (Menahem Kahana/ AFP)
May 18, 2026, 11:59 am
Haifa’s war on wild boars drops off the grid, as key oversight quietly disappears
Nature and Parks Authority has pulled out of joint project aimed at reducing human-wildlife friction, sparking fears that the city’s streets will become an unchecked hunting ground
By Aviv Lavie
Illustrative: An illegally held lion cub discovered by Israeli police in the central city of Tira on April 24, 2025. (Israel Police)
May 13, 2026, 6:54 pm
Palestinian handed 30-month sentence for trying to sell illegally obtained lion cub
As part of plea deal, defendant also pleads guilty to trying to sell additional exotic animals, owning an illegal M-16 rifle
By ToI Staff
View of the Europe Asia Pipeline Company's oil terminal in the southern city of Eilat, January 14, 2022. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
May 13, 2026, 10:32 am
State bodies, NGOs up in arms over oil company’s plan to move into fiber optics
Opponents say law limits Europe Asia Pipeline Company to transporting, storing crude oil; EAPC insists project will make Israel a regional communications hub
By Sue Surkes
Two dolphins seen during an Israel Nature and Parks survey of marine mammals and birds, May 10, 2026. (Matan Benedict, Delphis)
May 13, 2026, 8:00 am
Marine survey spots rare bird and thriving dolphins
Carried out by Israel Nature and Parks Authority, two-day survey along Mediterranean coast is first of its kind since 2022
By Sue Surkes
View of the Sea of Galilee. (Dov Greenblat/Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel)
May 4, 2026, 2:24 pm
Sea of Galilee trail plan that keeps parts of shore off-limits to public sparks outcry
Green groups fight to stop national planners from okaying fences, locked gates and bypass routes along parts of 32-km stretch of Sea of Galilee hiking route
By Sue Surkes
A bull grazing on the hills of the Lower Galilee region of northern Israel. (Yair Haklai, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)
March 17, 2026, 7:29 pm
Foot-and-mouth disease outbreak closes two nature reserves to public
With two wild gazelles already dead, Nature and Parks Authority, Agriculture Ministry, draw line around northern Israel region hit by new strain of viral infection
By Sue Surkes
Excavations at the prehistoric site of ‘Ubeidiya in the Jordan Valley, south of the Sea of Galilee, in images shared in April 2024. (Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority)
February 22, 2026, 5:00 pm
New study puts hominins in Israel 1.9 million years ago, rewriting earliest human migration
Team redates prehistoric ‘Ubeidiya in Jordan Valley to same age as oldest Georgian site, suggesting at least two distinct groups of human ancestors left Africa at roughly the same time
By Rossella Tercatin
Cliff collapse at Sidna Ali Beach in Herzliya, February 21, 2026. (Assaf Nissenbaum/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)
February 21, 2026, 2:33 pm
Cliff face collapses at a Herzliya beach; none reported hurt
Nature and Parks Authority notes area is regularly closed off to the public due to known danger of collapse, warns of similar dangers along the coast
By ToI Staff
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