Marine biology
450 female green sea turtles left in the Mediterranean – 27 of them chose Israel
While conflict limits access to coastal areas and complicates conservation work, endangered sea turtles continue returning to shore to lay the next generation
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Marine researchers rescue sea turtle tangled in fishing line off the coast of Caesarea
'I noticed two shadows in the water': Two sharks spotted at Beit Yanai Beach
Google announces new AI aimed at communicating with dolphins
WATCH: Rare pod of false killer whales spotted near Herzliya
False killer whales - which are in fact a dolphin - are typically deep-sea dwellers, and are one of the rarest marine mammals in the region.
Megalodon shark may have reached 80 feet, new study finds
Megalodon sharks roamed the seas between 20 million and 3.6 million years ago.
Israel research identifies harmful biomass posing risk of infections to animals, humans
Those tiny organisms, found everywhere on the Earth’s surface, are also important in influencing various processes, including soil health and pollutant decomposition.
WATCH: 'The more you read, the more curious you become'
Nivedha Mohan Raj, PhD student at the Sagol School of Neuroscience at Tel Aviv University, in conversation with Tamar Uriel-Beeri, Managing Editor of Jpost.com.
Bottlenose dolphins’ electric sense could help them navigate the globe
Dolphins could use their electric sense to navigate the globe by magnetic map.
Whale spotted off Israel's coast, washes ashore lifeless hours later
This is the seventh whale in recent years to have washed up dead on Israel's shorelines.
New sea creature discovered by scientists in the Antarctic
It looks like something out of a sci-fi film but the research team insist that it is one of many of this strange type of underwater life.
Octopus' complex cells are key to their high intelligence, study finds
New research on octopus cognition presents a promising model for studying memory networks in other animals and humans.
Thousands of unknown sea creatures found in untouched area in Pacific
In the Clarion-Clipperton Zone, surveys until now only compiled lists with informal species names and very few formal species descriptions.
Don't hold your breath: How hammerheads maintain temperature - study
Shark gills can act as natural radiators, cooling down the blood, muscles and organs of a shark.
