For the volunteer watchers scanning southern Israel's wheatfields, protecting migratory falcons from poachers is a highly coordinated security operation. The raptors may top the food chain in the wild ...

A prime location and diverse climate draw hundreds of millions of birds to Israel every year — along with the birdwatchers who thrill at the sight of them. HULA VALLEY, Israel (JTA ...

Rare parrots were stolen, and chicks were left dead in an overnight break-in at the Gan Garoo Zoo in Emek Hamaayanot. Rare parrots, each worth tens of thousands of shekels on the black market, were ...

As Israel is at the peak of migration season, thousands of birds pass through each day and choose the Hula Valley as their resting grounds.

Tel Aviv [Israel], January 22 (ANI/TPS): H5N1 bird flu was diagnosed in a flock of turkeys at Kibbutz Tzora in the Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. Following an unusual mortality of approximately ...

JERUSALEM, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- An outbreak of the highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, was discovered in a turkey farm in central Israel, the country's Ministry of Agriculture and Food ...

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