Nature and Parks Authority

3,500 years of history: Haifa’s oldest site reopens

After two years of work and a NIS 3 million investment, the hill housing ancient purple-dye city remains and a Byzantine church with mosaic floors has been opened to the public.

The New Trail at Tel Shikmona National Park.
David Waterfall.

Floodwaters erased the trail – now it returns: Ein Gedi prepares for Sukkot

Brown sea turtle returns to the sea.

Sea levels rising: The new threat that could displace sea turtles from Israel's beaches

Ran (top) and Nidal (bottom), two young green sea turtles, during breakfast in the rehabilitation pool at the Sea Turtle Rescue Center.

Five sea turtles return to nature after rehabilitation, Israel Nature and Parks Authority announces


Mutmaßliche Massenvergiftung im Süden Israels hinterlässt 335 tote Vögel

Hunderte von Vögeln aus der gleichen Familie wie der Falke wurden Anfang Februar in der westlichen Negev-Wüste tot aufgefunden; Ermittler gehen davon aus, dass sie vergiftetes Wasser getrunken haben.

 Hunderte von toten Schwarzfalken wurden Anfang Februar im westlichen Negev gefunden.

Lion cub missing in Negev, police locate monkey

Israel Police rescued a monkey held illegally in a Bedouin village and returned it to wildlife officials.

 Police officers and a Nature and Parks Authority officer pose with the rescued monkey, March 5, 2025.

Death traps for birds: Reducing the danger of transparent acoustic walls

A recent study revealed that hundreds of thousands of birds in Israel die every year because of colliding into transparent acoustic walls, as well as smashing into windows in high-rise buildings. 

 Stickers of birds of prey affixed to acoustic barriers have proven only partly effective, since birds flying at lower levels can see open areas on the other side.

Suspected mass poisoning in southern Israel leaves 335 birds dead

Hundreds of birds in the same family as the falcon were found dead on Sunday in the western Negev, leading investigators to believe they drank from poisoned water.

 Hundreds of dead black hawks were found in the western Negev on Saturday.

Eilat coral reefs are being 'starved' by high water temperatures

The reefs in Eilat displayed widespread bleaching, a phenomenon in which the symbiosis between coral and algae fails, typically due to high water temperatures.

 Coral reef in Eilat

Police find 60 reptiles stowed in a suitcase on flight from Germany

The smuggling was thwarted during an undercover operation at Terminal 3 at Ben-Gurion Airport.

 Dozens of reptiles were uncovered in a suitcase smuggled into Israel. September 16, 2024.

A symbol of nature: Israel files landmark NIS 594K lawsuit for illegal deer hunting

The Nature and Parks Authority filed a 594,000 NIS lawsuit against Jamal Haj for hunting a protected Israeli deer species.

Ofer and his mother in the valley of the deer

Israeli arrested for smuggling, trafficking protected and endangered animals

Border Police and Nature and Parks Authority inspectors arrested a suspect in smuggling and trafficking endangered aquatic species.

 Softshell Chinese turtle and other endangered species seen in a photo taken June 18, 2024

Saving the Israeli vulture: A lifeline for the biblical bird of prey

Until the 1950s, there were still an estimated 1,000 pairs of vultures in Israel. Today, there are fewer than 200 such birds. 

 THE GRIFFON VULTURE in flight.

Blossoms of hope: The healing power of Israel's flowers

This year, as conflict rages in Gaza, missiles are launched from Lebanon into Israel’s North, and the country is living in a state of collective trauma, a longing for nature is especially pronounced.

 Picturesque Lupine Hill in Jerusalem's Armon Hanatziv neighborhood is adorned with thousands of vibrant purple flowers.