Animals

Wolves are largely a protected species in Israel and are not creatures that one would expect to find in this part of the world. However,...

But despite all the efforts, researchers believe that the emerging shark tourism might have negative effects. For this very reason, Ziv Zemah Shamir, a doctoral student at the Morris Kahn Marine Research Station, established by the Charney School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa, devoted his doctoral thesis to examine the effects of people on sharks. 

The map on where to find the world’s most newly discovered large whale species is rapidly beginning to be filled in. A new research...

New research shows that some antifreeze proteins can do both Antifreeze is life’s means of surviving in cold winters: Natural antifreeze proteins help fish, insects,...

Israel’s Sea Turtle Rescue Center rescued 15 sea turtles in recent weeks after dozens were found washed up on shore on Israeli beaches after...

Global warming and climate change weather patterns which may be causing monster hurricanes and typhoons are more than ever being brought to our attention as...

Last week in Jerusalem a baby cow was born. Watch the adorable infant scamper around her mother in a short video released on YouTube...

The first prosthetic leg replacement procedure for an Arabian Tahr has been carried out in Oman by an Omani veterinary team, the first such surgery successfully performed in the Arab World.

A California woman riffed off that old saw of "turning a sow's ear into a silk purse" when she chose to rebound from a...

New research from the University of East Anglia has confirmed a dramatic decrease in oxygen in the Gulf of Oman part of the Arabian...

Anywhere you live, whether it's the hot, dry desert, or the more temperate states like New York or anywhere in Canada, when you want...

An Abu Dhabi court has ordered the deportation of a woman who kept 40 cats in a crammed room in her private villa. All the...

There are more than 92 million cat videos posted on YouTube, and they attract more views per video than any other category of YouTube...

OK, so we know quite a bit about Israel; start-up capital of the universe; uber-friendly to vegans; and offering a portfolio of natural and...

Knitting for elephants: The wildly colored garments will help the rescued pachyderms, several of whom are handicapped, brave the region's freezing cold winter weather.