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The Tale of Ancient Trees in the Holy Land (Video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anjsDjPvsN8&feature=player_embedded Trees tell stories. And it's not just because you can see and measure their rings. In Israel there are thousands of old trees with...

Garbage Trucks Dump Straight Into the Sea in Lebanon As Hizbollah Takes Hold

Raw sewage seeping off Beirut coastline, and dump trucks heading straight for the sea, is the "catch of the day" in Lebanon. Marine pollution in...

Bunkers for Bats

Bats find no-man's land makes a great "hang-out." Image via Yuvalh. The song lyrics ask, "War — what's it good for?" Well, conflicts between peoples...

Help From Above As Saudi Environment Satellite-Monitored

e-GEO satellite monitoring of Dubai's Palm Island. Can technology protect the endangered Persian Gulf? Saudi Arabia's fragile desert and coastal environments will now get "help...

Persian Gulf Mermaids, Face Manmade Environmental Threats

The rare and beautiful dugong inspired "tails" about mermaids. This strange creature faces extinction in the Middle East. Image via Christian Haugen. Can you...

A Nature Peace Park

Israeli-built wind farm on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Israeli Syrian expert skeptical that nature Peace Park on Golan Heights would bring peace. We'd reported last...

Egyptian "Sonar" Bats Have Very Positive Environmental Roles

Bats can eat their weight in mosquitos. Some, 1,200 mosquitos every night, making them man's best night flying friend. Have you ever noticed those night...

EU Gives $4 Million Grant to Med and Red Sea Coral Reef Studies

Getting close to his subject: marine biologist Prof. Zvy Dubinsky hopes to understand the changes global warming will cause to the world's delicate coral...

Animals Cope With Climate Change At the Dinner Table

Some animals, it seems, are going on a diet, while others have expanding waistlines. It's likely these are reactions to rapidly rising temperatures due to...

Qatar Establishing Gene Bank of Local Animals and Plants for Conservation

In a step towards preserve the wealth of its national animal and plant populations, Qatar will be setting up a gene bank of local...

Commercial Fishing in Mediterranean Endangering Dolphins

Dolphins "trawling" behind fishermen's trawling nets are getting snared at sea. If you love fish, there is nothing like catch from the Mediterranean Sea....

The Most Effective PR Campaign in Israel's History: Protecting Wildflowers

During the celebrations for Israel’s 50th anniversary in 1998, Israel’s senior publicists were polled to name the most effective public relations campaign in Israel’s...

Israeli NGO Tevel B'Tzedek Helps Rectify Environmental Damage in Nepal

Tevel b'Tzedek, an Israeli-based non-governmental organization, defines itself as being "dedicated to creating a new generation of Israeli and international Jews engaged in social...

A Deadly Scorpion Provides a Safe Pesticide

Scorpions deliver a powerful, paralyzing venom — a complex cocktail of poisonous peptides — that immobilize animal prey on the spot. Some of the...

"Leggy" New Spider Found in the Sands of Samar, the Largest in the Middle East

A new Middle East spider species, Cerbalus genus, is discovered in Israel. Its future uncertain. It's like hearing about a wedding and a funeral...

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Ancient Jewish New Year for Animals revived with global campaign against factory farming

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Teen Farmerettes were Canada’s answer to Victory Gardens during wartime food shortages

It is a wake-up call to teen girls on TikTok planning their next Coachella outfit or trip to Sephora: During the Second World War, thousands of young men left family farms to enlist, but the crops still needed planting and harvesting. Ontario's government answered by recruiting high school girls, from ages 16 to 18, to spend parts of spring, summer and fall to fill in for the labor shortage. 

The Early Believers: Investors Who Backed SpaceX Long Before Its Record IPO

SpaceX’s 2026 IPO didn’t just mint billionaires—it revealed the many forms of conviction behind one of the most doubted bets in venture history.

From eco city experiment to global clean energy giant: How Masdar became the UAE’s renewable energy powerhouse

Masdar began as an ambitious eco city in the Abu Dhabi desert. Two decades later, it has become one of the world's largest renewable energy developers, financing billions of dollars in solar, wind and battery storage projects across the globe.
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