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Court freezes transfer of crocodiles to prison moat, putting Ben Gvir’s plan on hold
3+ hour, 12+ min ago (98+ words) Following petition from animal rights group against move to surround Ketziot Prison with Nile crocodiles, Jerusalem District Court gives state until Wednesday to respond...
Israeli scientists say they’ve discovered a unique immune system in sea anemones
1+ week, 2+ day ago (912+ words) When the sea anemone split from the lineage leading to humans about 600 million years ago, this ancient marine animal’s immune system also developed its own way of fighting viruses, Israeli researchers found in a groundbreaking study. In peer-reviewed research, scientists…...
Tova Saul, the cat rescuer of Jerusalem
2+ week, 4+ day ago (676+ words) Sarah Tuttle-Singer, The Times of Israel social media editor, is an LA expat (reluctantly) growing roots in Israel. She’s also a contributing editor at Kveller.com. Dangerous when bored. Two tiny kittens — one the color of marmalade and the other…...
Live fast, die young: Israeli scientists link rapid-growth gene to early aging in fish
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (896+ words) Israeli scientists say a key gene that helps African turquoise killifish grow quickly and reproduce early can also shorten their lives and increase their cancer risk, offering new evidence for a decades-old theory about aging. The researchers worked with killifish…...
Smaller prey, not bigger brains, drove prehistoric tech revolution, Israeli researchers say
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (26+ words) New study by Tel Aviv University scientists posits disappearance of megaherbivors in the Levant drove humans to develop smaller, more sophisticated tools 200,000 years ago...
Palestinian handed 30-month sentence for trying to sell illegally obtained lion cub
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (86+ words) As part of plea deal, defendant also pleaded guilty to trying to sell additional exotic animals, owning an illegal M-16 rifle...
Israeli scientists’ microbial research delves into bowels of cow belch prevention
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (602+ words) In a new peer-reviewed study, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev say microbes may be more socially aware than previously understood. The findings offer a new perspective on how these single-celled organisms detect one another’s presence and change their…...
Ramat Gan Safari bids farewell to Bahati, iconic 65-year-old elephant
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (25+ words) One of the oldest recorded female African elephants in the world, she bore five calves and boasts a lineage of 52 elephants across European zoos...
Great excitement as first orangutan is born at Jerusalem Biblical Zoo
3+ mon, 2+ day ago (269+ words) Cayaha, a name that means 'light' in Indonesian, born as part of European zoo breeding program, as critically endangered wild populations continue to dwindle...
2 more rare ibexes found dead after massive acid spill
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (334+ words) Two more dead ibexes were found Saturday in Nahal Ashalim, two weeks after a massive spill poured tens of thousands of tons of acid waste through the nature reserve in southern Israel. The find means that eight of the 26 ibexes…...