Yes, we’re aware that “I’ll be back to curb carbon emissions” and “Terminating climate change” are a bit of a cliché, but Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has landed in Israel to do just that.

While every new sibling to a family is usually a blessing, the staff of Ramat Gan Safari have lately realized that sometimes kids can be a little bit of a hassle. This is especially true when your baby weighs around 85 pounds and consumes up to 150 pounds of food per day.

Petah Tikva went down in Israel’s history as the first village in Israel, the place were scholars turned into farmers. Today, Petah Tikva is poised to be the first city in Israel to allow free parking for hybrid cars.

Sean has been waiting more than three years for this day. After many lonely nights, his keepers at the Ramat Gan Safari have assured him that the wait is finally over and his new soul mate is on her way.

Archeologists working on the preservation of one of Israel’s most exquisite mosaics were stunned to find the artists’ and workers’ footsteps in the ground beneath the tiles.

As temperatures in Europe begin to drop, more than half a million birds are ruffling their feathers and beginning their journey south to an African summer. As they pass through Israel, these birds will be greeted with a special surprise.

The future looks bright for Israeli solar energy. Today, German engineering powerhouse Siemens AG announced that it will buy a 40% stake in Israeli solar company Arava Power for $15 million.

The Dead Sea has just become a candidate for one the world’s hottest internet contests, The New 7 Wonders of Nature. The lake will be one of 77 sites nominated for the prestigious honor, along with such contenders as the Grand Canyon, Argentina’s Iguazu Falls, and the Great Barrier Reef.

While we humans find food crops tasty, so do other animals like rodents. In the battle to control these pest populations, we’ve often resorted to pesticides; those chemicals, however, can do significant damage to the ecosystem as a whole. As an alternative, scientists and farmers are working together to promote natural methods of pest control.

Desert Pavement in the Rub’ al-Khali. Scale cube measures 1cm on a sidePhoto by Meteorite Recon on Wikimedia Commons. Used under Creative Commons License.

Newspapers, among them the New York Daily News, reported today based on a report on LiveScience that scientists in the Negev have discovered the Earth’s oldest surface. What’s that, [...]