Biodiversity

Small snails and sea urchins come to the boards in droves and destroy everything growing on them. Photo: Maxim Rubin-Blum and Yitzhak Makowsky

Palmachim Disorder: What is hiding hundreds of meters below the surface of the Mediterranean Sea?

Animal habitats have been placed deep in the sea off the coast of Israel. They reveal unique living conditions that have been almost unexplored.
A whole and shining sea lily. The green color marks the location where there is enrichment for stem cells. Photo: Shani Talisa

A unique method from the world of medicine will save the corals from bleaching due to the climate crisis

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The researchers from the Laboratory of Comparative Immunology at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev decided to develop the ability to transplant stem cells between corals, just like bone marrow transplants in humans
Marine sediments containing many fossils, dated to the end of the Miocene, about 8 to 7 million years ago. Fish otoliths, oyster and snail shells, bryozoans and microscopic shells indicate the presence of many creatures in this area, which were analyzed in this study. Credit: Constantina Agiadi

When the Mediterranean became the Dead Sea: Scientists reveal new insights into an ancient marine mystery

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A diver from the Sea Research Institute of Haifa University dives in the Galapagos Reserve. Photo: Haifa University

Galapagos: Haifa University delegation investigates - Haifa University

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Dr. Tal Lozato Canaan and her team from the School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa recently completed a fascinating research trip to the Galapagos Islands

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Fires on the border between Israel and Lebanon. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The war on the hive: how do the fires affect the bee population in Israel?

Following the severe fires in the north, the beehives were also damaged - what might be the cost of the damage and is there anything that can be done to restore them?
Seeds from the Garden Bank collection. Photo - Hanita Zemach, Director of Agricultural Research - Volcani Institute

Seeds of hope: how will the plant species damaged in the fighting areas in the Negev and the north be restored?

The Israeli Garden Bank focuses on collecting seeds of as many plants as possible that grew in the Western Negev territories and waits for the day when they can return and plant them
Woolly rhinos were once common throughout northern and central Eurasia, before becoming extinct about 10,000 years ago. Credit: Mauricio Anton.

The woolly mammoths' last bastion: Secrets of survival and mysterious extinction on Wrangel Island

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The story of the mammoths of Wrangel Island that survived 6,000 years after the mammoths in the rest of the world became extinct
Red worms dig in the compost. Even the worms that exist today mix substances. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Worms - uncredited heroes of evolution

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The researchers examined the relationship between sediment mixing caused, in part, by burrowing worms with a mineral called pyrite, which plays a key role in oxygen accumulation. As more pyrite is formed and buried under the mud, sand or
Bees return to the nest after collecting nectar in the spring. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Small but important: this is how Israel protects the bees

We depend on them, and not just for the honey. International Bee Day is a great opportunity to make some buzz for bees, one of the most important animals on the planet
The researchers placed artificial flowers in the area that contained mixtures of fragrances. A night moth approaches a cardboard flower that emits scents of the night candle Charles Hedgcock/University of Washington

Polluted floral scent

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Conservation of biodiversity. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Changing attitude to nature

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For most people, "changing attitudes to nature" is nothing more than a purely academic side job, but this change is deeper. A fundamental and necessary change is required to maintain and protect biodiversity and protect populations
Komodo dragon in a national park in Indonesia. Illustration: depositphotos.com

The species that live in nature reserves will be better protected against climate change

The researchers: "Amphibians and reptiles that live in nature reserves around the world will be more protected from climate change, but are still likely to be damaged."
Conservation. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Why do conservation programs fail?

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The Convention on Biological Diversity is a significant agreement when almost all countries are parties to it, but the convention binds countries only when the agreements in it overlap with the international legal system. States tend to implement agreements only
green growth Image: depositphotos.com

A global obsession with economic growth will increase the risk of deadly epidemics in the future

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres declared 2021 as "the year for the resolution of humanity's conflict with nature" both because of the corona virus and because of the twenty goals set in 2010, none of them have been met
Biodiversity. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Is there a chance to protect global biodiversity and bring about its restoration?

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Herds of animals in Africa. Photo: COLOMBO NICOLA/Shutterstock

Economic nature conservation

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A luxury neighborhood. From Jumpstory

Nature for the rich

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Biodiversity in a series of stamps issued by Mexico

Biodiversity is in danger. What can be done to stop the extinction happening?

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Asteroid impact on Earth. Image: NASA

The asteroid that collided with the Earth 466 million years ago actually strengthened life

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Parrots in the rainforest simulation at the San Francisco Zoo. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

Biodiversity in crisis

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The ecological balance may collapse. Illustration: shutterstock

The United Nations: a million species are in danger of extinction - fear of the collapse of ecosystems that will harm the human race

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Large mammals in the African savanna, in danger of extinction. Photo: shutterstock

No one is too small to make a difference in the environment

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Elephants leave in their wake habitats for dozens of other creatures. Photo: Yathin S Krishnappa / Wikimedia.

Elephant tracks are bustling with life

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Biodiversity in a series of stamps issued by Mexico

The decrease in the level of biological diversity below the safe level - damage to ecosystems and humans

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The map of the threats to the habitats. Figure: PLos One

מאבדים את הנגע

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Piles of grass clippings in Nahal Yashpin, Lev Hasharon Regional Council. Photography: Aviv Avisher

There is life on the margins

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The historic cow murals depicting a hunting expedition, near Bhopal in India. Photo: shutterstock

The influence of man as a top predator both in the sea and on land affects the hunted

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Herds of large mammals cross the Mara River in Kenya's Serengeti Game Reserve. Photo: AndreAnita/Shutterstock

What would the animal world look like without man?

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The ecological balance may collapse. Illustration: shutterstock

Stanford researcher: The sixth mass extinction is already here, man is not immune either

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A young orangutan in Borneo. Photo: shutterstock

to act against the criminals for the sake of nature

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Satellite photos showing the process of deforestation in the Congo. Photo: American Geophysical Union - AGU

Primates versus "development"

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Biodiversity, a collage of plants and insects. Photos: shutterstock

Biodiversity - status report

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Biodiversity. Photo: shutterstock

In the end, only cockroaches will remain: half of the vertebrate population has become extinct since 1970

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Biodiversity. Photo: shutterstock

The changes in the environment - not only the number of species is important

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agriculture. Illustration: shutterstock

"Can nature conservation and agriculture coexist?"

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Humanity's impact on the environment. Illustration: shutterstock

"The Human Era"

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Diprotodon, a giant wombat species. Image: Dmitry Bogdanov/Wikimedia Commons

Australia - how giants fell

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One of four different (virtual) conservation statuses presented to the respondents refers to the artificial reef "Tamar Reef" that was established in cooperation with the Nature and Parks Authority and the divers visited it shortly before answering the questionnaire. Photographer: Omer Polak, University of Haifa

A new study examined whether ecological principles in nature are understood by the general public?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

In nature, diversity can harm diversity

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A marine creature in an aquarium in Barcelona. Photo: Avi Blizovsky

At least a third of the marine species have not been described so far

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Kudo Park at the antelope farm in Zofar in the Arava. PR photo from the park website

How vanity dictates murder

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Wide-lipped rhinoceros. Photographed in 2003 in South Africa. From Wikipedia

Economy kills

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The panda symbol - the logo of the WWF organization

Surprise: The World Bank and WWF agree that sustainable development is required that will result in a reduction in the waste of resources

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Eretz Israeli deer in the Cedar Valley in Jerusalem. Credit nadavnka from Wikipedia

Habitats must be preserved: the biodiversity chapter from the report of the Knowledge Center for Climate Change Preparation in Israel

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A dead whale on Bat Galim beach in Haifa, April 1, 2006. Photo: Haifa University. From the Mahmal'i website

Conservation of marine mammals

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A nature reserve in Poland. From Wikipedia

Preservation of the environment and nature... where?

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The logo of the Faculty of Life Sciences at Bar-Ilan University

The committee found that the state of teaching and research in ecology, evolution, and biodiversity in the departments of biology and life sciences is in severe deterioration to the point of being in danger of disappearing from the academy

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Nahal Nadar in Carmel Park. Orrling photo - from Wikipedia

MK Meir Shetrit: "You can live without a cottage but not without biodiversity"

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species facing extinction. Illustration: Assaf Rosenthal

Biodiversity is dwindling

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clown fish Endangered due to the loss of the reef environment, including the sea anemones where it lives

The decreasing biological diversity is a danger to the economy and the health of the inhabitants of the planet

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