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While Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) does not infect humans, it is widely researched to benefit cats. More important are its parallels with the AIDS virus. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Study: Israelis love feeding stray cats, but still want fewer of them
New Hebrew University research highlights conflicting attitudes toward street cats and calls for smarter, more inclusive policy approaches.
JNS Staff
May 7, 2025
The Palestinian Authority is building a city in the HaMasrek nature reserve in the Judean Desert, May 19, 2024. Credit: Gush Etzion Regional Council.
Israeli demolitions put end to PA-backed illegal construction in Judea nature reserve
Two buildings were razed as part of a third wave of demolitions.
JNS Staff
April 24, 2025
Cranes in the Hula Valley in northern Israel. Credit: Alex Kolomoisky, KKL-JNF.
Hula Valley nature reserve reopens to visitors after wartime closure
“It is a symbol of resilience and renewal for the entire north,” says Ifat Ovadia-Luski, chairwoman of KKL-JNF.
Dec. 27, 2024
Israeli firefighters try to extinguish a fire sparked by missiles launched from Lebanon, near the northern city of Safed, June 12, 2024. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.
Hezbollah attacks have burned over 57,000 acres in northern Israel
According to KKL-JNF, it will take some five to seven years for the land to heal.
Oct. 30, 2024
Cranes seen at the Hula Valley lake in northern Israel on Jan. 26, 2023. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
Despite war, cranes arrive in Israel’s Hula Valley
"In these sad and complicated days, perhaps nature can bring comfort," says Inbar Shlomit Rubin, who manages the site for KKL-JNF.
Eran Itzkovitch
Nov. 15, 2023
Cattle tender of various cattle farms in the Golan Heights, Northern Israel. Sept. 25, 2019. Photo by Maor Kinsbursky/Flash90.
Greener pastures for cattle thief rewarded by Israel Land Authority
“They’ve given him a prize for breaking the law,” says Kibbutz Moran's head rancher, after the ILA transfers 118 acres of pasturage to Bedouin cattle-herder Wahib Lahayeb.
David Isaac
June 8, 2023
A long-furred jackal on the Golan Heights. Photo by Shlomo Preiss-Bloom/Scientific Reports via TPS.
Proximity to humans could lead to jackal domestication
Golden jackals, an overabundant species in urban habitats, have long thrived near people.
Pesach Benson
May 16, 2023
The white wolf in the Negev. Photo by Asher Peretz/Israel Nature and Parks Authority.
Rare white wolf spotted in Israel’s Negev region
The animal was identified by ground cameras set up by the Nature and Parks Authority to study wildlife.
Dec. 25, 2022
A Persian leopard. Credit: Tamar Assaf via Wikimedia Commons.
To save a species, a Persian leopard moves to Israel
The Ramat Gan Safari will participate in a project aiming to populate European zoos with 200 leopards and to release some into the wild.
Dec. 14, 2022