Nature reserve

Government designates eight new forests as natural reserves along northern border

This is a broad initiative led by the ministry, as part of a national regulatory process, aimed at providing effective protection for forested areas in Israel.

HANITA FOREST
Avigail Rosenbaum Bracha, field manager of the synagogue area near Mashkof and Tabula Anasta.

1,500-year-old synagogue uncovered in Golan Heights nature reserve

Ein Gedi Nature Reserve.

Nahal David comes back to life: New trails open in Ein Gedi

Kihnu Island, Estonia

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Judaism doesn’t want you to wander and live just anywhere — or does it?

"The tension between freedom and obligation is baked into Jewish life."

 "I spent a full month sleeping in thatch-roofed palapas, eating more tacos than was probably wise and bathing every day in the Pacific."

A total of 140,000 Israelis visit nature reserves over the weekend as weather warms

The parks held various educational activities for guests to learn more about the flora and fauna they held. 

 YEHUDIYA Nature Reserve.

MK Moshe Gafni proposes law to segregate Israel's nature reserves

A bill put forward by the UTJ MK could see Israel's nature reserves become segregated by gender for at least 15% of their operational hours.

 Head of the Finance committee MK Moshe Gafni leads a Finance committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 17, 2023.

The North African Ostrich makes a comeback from near extinction

This sub-species of ostrich, also called 'red-necked ostrich', almost went extinct in the wild but was recently reintroduced in Israel.

Ostriches look at an egg inside an enclosure at an ostrich farm near the village of Kozishche, some 300 km (186 miles) southwest of Minsk, October 6, 2011.

Nearly 10% of marine life threatened with extinction -Red List

Years of environmental destruction are showing harsh possibilities for the future.

Eilat's Coral Beach Nature Reserve has stunning reefs and an abundance of marine and fish life.

Nearly 10% of marine life threatened with extinction -Red List

Years of environmental destruction are showing harsh possibilities for the future.

Eilat's Coral Beach Nature Reserve has stunning reefs and an abundance of marine and fish life.

WATCH: Israel's mountain gazelle go for winter run near Jerusalem

As temperatures drop and winter sets in across Israel's capital, the Gazelle Valley urban park becomes a running track for the native mountain gazelle species.

 Jerusalem's Mountain Gazelle are an endangered species, with only 5,000 estimated gazelles left in their natural habitats.

Think twice before making intimate contact with this toad

The US National Park System has issued a warning against licking a specific kind of toad found in the American southwest.

A Hula painted frog GALLERY (R)

This ibex made himself at home at a hotel in Mitzpe Ramon

A nubian ibex entered a hotel room in Mitzpe Ramon this week, despite not having his name on the reservation.

HOPEFULLY YOU will be welcomed by an ibex or two.

Fat Bear Week 2022: Who is getting extra fluffy for winter?

Only the chunkiest bear will come out on top. Which will it be? Vote now at the Katmai National Parks website!

 Grazer and her cubs in early summer, before they put on their hibernation weight.