search
marine life
Illustrative photo of dolphins (Jorge Novominsky/Flash 90)
August 25, 2018, 9:25 am
Pod of dolphins spotted off Ashdod coast
Wildlife inspectors film the animals enjoying the waves near the beach
By TOI staff
Environmental activists drop off an old battle tank provided by the Lebanese Armed Forces into the Mediterranean Sea, about three kilometres off the coast of the southern Lebanese port city of Sidon, on July 28, 2018, to create new habitat for marine life. ( AFP PHOTO / Mahmoud ZAYYAT)
July 28, 2018, 7:33 pm
Lebanon sinks old armored vehicles to create underwater dive park
Marine attraction created off the coast of Sidon; turrets face Israel ‘out of solidarity for the Palestinian people’
By AFP
A scuba diver in one of the tanks of the Jerusalem aquarium, which is still experiencing adjustment problems with its sea creatures (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
August 10, 2017, 9:10 am
Jerusalem aquarium yet to open amid acclimation setbacks
A wave of fish and shark deaths has postponed the unveiling of the landlocked capital’s first-ever sea center
By Jessica Steinberg
Eli Fruchter installing some corals into the tank in February, 2013. (Facebook/Eli's 10,000 Gallon Reef Aquarium)
November 20, 2016, 5:49 pm
Israel’s own Aquaman? Meet the CEO who built a home aquarium large enough to swim in
In retirement from his billion-dollar company, Eli Fruchter has constructed his house around a mammoth fish tank that is producing a tidal wave of internet interest
By Yaakov Schwartz
Load More