Ecology and Environment

researchers see insects as the new superheroes that will save the world from starvation. Are they really a practical alternative to meat?

Scientists are trying to understand what caused the cicadas to mature four years earlier than expected

Despite the romantic imagery, warming the house with a wood or charcoal hearth is one of the most environmentally harmful methods of heating, and is also a health hazard

Bad news for the fight against global warming: The quantity of methane produced by human activity has reached record highs

Discarded plastics don’t just pollute the environment directly – new research shows that they also contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions

Lately, reports have spread that Australian koalas were “functionally extinct.” The truth is that they can still be saved.

What happens when wild animals settle in urban territory, and what we can learn from San Francisco

Natural phenomena coincided with climate change to cause wildfires

Weizmann Institute researchers have engineered bacteria that build themselves from carbon dioxide

Junk food is destroying the boundaries between the finch species of the Galapagos Islands

Medicine: discoverer of the “satiety hormone”. Architecture: Moshe Safdie, who designed the Yad Vashem Museum

What can a small patch of African savanna on a hill near Rehovot tell us about Israel’s nature?

A measles outbreak due to anti-vaxxer activity and politicians who do not hesitate to lie and twist facts to serve financial interests. The challenges that science had to face in 2018.

Seasonal winter ponds provide a unique habitat. Can they be saved from being harmed by humans?

Viruses that infect colonies of water algae lead to the spreading of airborne particles upon which rain drops can condense, study finds

An Israeli study raised interesting findings about the mass of all organisms, as well as disturbing findings about the impact of mankind

Israel’s unique geography endows it with a huge variety of plants and animals, some of which are not found anywhere else in the world

Is there a decline in the number of bees? Researchers have yet to agree on the subject

A first-of-its-kind Israeli satellite will be launched next week on a unique ecological mission

Why did Hiroshima recover relatively fast compared to Fukushima?

Will production of uranium from sea water solve the global energy problem?