Nowadays, Tel Azekah is the place where tourists go to learn about the battle of David and Goliath. From the top of this hill, one can see the entire Valley of Elah, where the battle took place.
This beautiful creature has colorful rear wings, and surprisingly, its front wings are almost transparent. No other butterfly in Israel has transparent-like wings except the Apollo.
Nature and Parks Authority inspector Assaf Shlomo Mizrahi has been closely monitoring a pair of bald eagles, an endangered species in Israel.
The public is invited to participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count to help scientists learn more.
A pacific diver was spotted in Eilat, marking the first time this rare bird has been seen in Israel.
The Nature and Parks Authority transferred a pair of Haliaeetus albicilla from the Hai-Bar Carmel Nature Reserve to the Ramat Gan Safari.
This is the seventh whale in recent years to have washed up dead on Israel's shorelines.
Knesset guards found the porcupine and transferred her to veterinary care.
“The one-way direction of the porcupine's quills did not allow the snake to spit out the porcupine," said reptile ecologist Aviad Bar.
Keep an eye out for volcanic ash (tuf) and even some fossils that froze in the ancient marine rocks. The fossils provide a glimpse of sea life in the long book of life on Earth.
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