Nature reserve

Hiking in the Holy Land: Ein Haniya, an easy water outing outside Jerusalem

A Roman fountain and Byzantine pools, hiding in plain sight on the outskirts of the capital.

|BySUSANNAH SCHILD
WHAT MAKES Ein Haniya special is that the beauty here is not only natural. It is layered. The spring emerges from a short rock-cut tunnel and flows, as it has for centuries, along a reconstructed aqueduct that carries it over a low arch and spills it into a large stone pool.
Ein Mabua.

One of Israel's rarest springs reopens: Ein Mabua returns for the summer hiking season

Following upgrades including a new parking lot, safe access path, and renovated restrooms, the Prat Stream site reopens free with registration.

|ByMEITAL SHARABI
HANITA FOREST

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.

|ByYUVAL BAGNO
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

Excavations in the Golan Heights have revealed a 1,500-year-old synagogue built of basalt and hewn stone, offering rare evidence of Jewish continuity in the region.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES

This rare 'dragon' breed believed to be extinct has resurfaced in the wild

A population of lizards that was defined as extinct since 1969 has been located in Melbourne, Australia. It is believed that these are only the first "survivors."

JULY 12, 2023ByWALLA!
The Victorian Grassland Earless Dragon was previously believed to be extinct - but now has made a resurgence into the public eye.

Long and strong: World's largest crocodile continues to grow

Though he is old, Cassius the crocodile still has lots of life to live.

JULY 5, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A crocodile (Crocodylus Acutus) rests at the National Zoo of Managua November 13,2007.

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."

APRIL 5, 2023ByBEN HARRIS/JTA
"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. 

MARCH 12, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

JANUARY 24, 2023BySHIRA SILKOFF
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.

JANUARY 23, 2023ByZIV REINSTEIN/WALLA!
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.

DECEMBER 9, 2022ByREUTERS
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.

DECEMBER 9, 2022ByREUTERS
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.

NOVEMBER 22, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

NOVEMBER 12, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Hula painted frog GALLERY (R)