Al Gore joins Richard Branson in supporting an innovative Israeli start-up that aims to help save lives, the environment, and money.

While the Fallow Deers roaming the hills of the Galilee and Jerusalem are unaware of their complicated lineage, some in Israel still remember how their ancestors were smuggled in crates from pre-revolutionary Iran.

Is it a bird?
Is it a plane?
It’s both.
Robo-Bird Israel’s new tool in nature conservation.

With a new bionic Leg Chompy the Sea turtle bid farewell to his doctors and returned to sea after a year and a half in rehab.

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.

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.

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We often get asked when is the best time to go to Israel and where the best places are to go. Of course, have a range of opinions, but expert travel writer Jeanine Barone believes any time is a good one to find adventure travel in Israel. For those who like [...]