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The expansion of the Walls of the Old City of Jerusalem National Park
21.02.2022
Official statement of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority (INPA) regarding the expansion of the Walls of the Old City of Jerusalem National Park
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Spectacular vaults and treasures: Caesarea Harbor Visitors’ Center
28.12.2021
2,000 years ago, King Herod built magnificent stone vaults in Caesarea, and now they have become an impressive visitor center. So what are you waiting for? Come visit.
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A Global First – Eurasian Eagle-owl Predation of a Porcupine in Israel
By Ezra Hadad, Green Patrol ranger, Israel Nature and Parks Authority
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Israeli girl makes saving sea turtles her mission
18.11.2021
Elsa Barak decides to donate the money she received as part of her bat mitzvah celebration, as well as her time and effort, to help the marvelous creatures that play an important role in the ocean's ecosystem
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Digging Through Time
01.08.2021
Last week, kids from the United States who came to Israel to tour their heritage were amazed at what they discovered there – including coins and pottery from the time of the Mishnah and the Talmud.
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Welcome back to nature and heritage sites
21.10.2020
The Israel Nature and Parks Authority is reopening the national parks in keeping with the coronavirus cabinet’s decision.
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Paper chains for Sukkot
30.09.2020
In honor of Sukkot, we thought you would enjoy adding a little piece of nature to your Sukkah!
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Conserving Heritage Sites in Israel
12.09.2020
Osnat Avitan, Yigal Buznah and Eli Moyal are natives of the northern Jordan Valley city of Bet She’an, where they are now raising their children. For years they worked in maintenance at the national park in their city, until the threat of a cornona-fueled spate of furloughs loomed. A unique vocational retraining project has now allowed them and many others to resume work – now as conservation workers at the most important heritage sites in Israel.
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Shark of the Day – Sphyrna zygaena smooth hammerhead
He looks like a fairy tale animal. A unicorn. A shark with a hammer structure at the top of its head. Meet the hammerhead shark, and find out why this shape is useful, and what has been happening to the world’s hammerheads in the last decade.
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Protecting the Galilee Tilapia
The ban of commercial and recreational fishing in nesting and spawning grounds is intended to help the population of St. Peter’s Fish grow and strengthen as part of the national effort to preserve fishing resources and water quality in the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee).
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Birth of a National Park
How a National Park is Born Caesarea National Marine Park
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WeSea for Nature
The oceans and seas cover more than two-thirds of the Earth and are home to spectacular ecosystems and a wide variety of amazing creatures. The value of the marine world goes well beyond its beauty - it is a source of livelihood for many, regulates climate, produces half the oxygen we breathe, and even drives the water cycle to produce rainwater and drinking water.
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The peace you can find underwater
Head instructor at "Omakim" freediving school
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Has the ancient gate of the town of Bet She‘arim been found?
06.03.2017
“As far as we know, a settlement like this should not have been surrounded by a wall and therefore it is almost obvious that the name Bet She‘arim was not associated with the word ‘gate.’ Now we have to rethink this,” said Dr. Adi Erlich of the Zinman Institute of Archaeology at the University of Haifa.
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First Royal Winery of its Kind Ever Found in Herod’s Palaces Unearthed at Herodium
14.12.2017
The large royal winery now being unearthed at Herodium sheds light, among other things, on the reasons for the flourishing of vineyards and numerous winepresses in Judea at the end of the Second Temple period.
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