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Stenodactylus sthenodactylus, photographed here inside an active military firing zone (range 400, in southern Israel). Intensive military training may be just as detrimental to wildlife as actual warfare. Photo by Simon Jamison. (b) Metabolic rates of S. sthenodactylus 4 h before, during, and 4 h af

Under stress of war, Israel’s reptilian population suffers, TAU study finds

By DANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

THE GRIFFON VULTURE Lookout at the Carmel Hai-Bar wildlife reserve is the perfect spot to watch vultures soar out over a deep valley, then return to roost on their perches in the reserve.

Hiking in the holy land: Appreciating the biblical beauty of the vulture

By SUSANNAH SCHILD

A gazelle with six legs is spotted in Israel's Negev desert

First of its kind: Six-legged gazelle spotted in Israel's western Negev

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An ibex at Israel's Ein Gedi reserve.

Hiking the holy land at Israel's Ein Gedi reserve

By SUSANNAH SCHILD

Wildlife seen near the area of the Sha'ar HaShomron and the Nahal Raba quarry in Israel

New industrial zone threatens to destroy Israel's most vulnerable wildlife

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

The Negev Desert

In Judaism, wisdom is found where the wild things are

By RABBI DIANE ELLIOT/JTA

The rare black-faced bunting.

Rare songbird spotted in Israel for second time ever

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Fallow Deer, Forest of Dean

Biomass of humans and cattle dwarfs that of wild mammals

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Ostriches look at an egg inside an enclosure at an ostrich farm near the village of Kozishche, some 300 km (186 miles) southwest of Minsk, October 6, 2011.

The North African Ostrich makes a comeback from near extinction

By ZIV REINSTEIN/WALLA!

A flying squirrel (Illustrative).

Israel Police find flying squirrels, chihuahua in Netanya drug bust

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF , ALON HOCHMON