Marine

Sea levels rising: The new threat that could displace sea turtles from Israel's beaches

A new study warns rising sea levels could shrink Israel's sea turtle nesting areas by 2100, erasing up to 96% of beach width between Tel Aviv Marina and Port.

Brown sea turtle returns to the sea.
Sea Turtle Rescue Center.

The new attraction where you can get up close to sea turtles

Members of Turkey’s Presidential Guard Regiment.

Turning Turkey’s double bind against it: How Israel is outsmarting Erdogan - opinion

Former U.S. Marine Robert Gilman, who serves a prison sentence for assaulting a Russian police officer in 2022, attends a court hearing in Voronezh, Russia April 6, 2026.

Kremlin releases ailing ex- US Marine Robert Gilman from Russian prison


Haifa U. researchers awarded $100,000 to discover shark survival secrets

78% of shark and ray species in the Red Sea are classified as threatened, including around 40 species on Israel's coast.

While Dr. Scheinin restrains the shark, Dr. Livne performs an ultrasound examination with the portable ultrasound to determine if the shark is pregnant

Israeli scientists discover mechanism for scallops to camouflage eyes

Oysters, mussels and clams have a mechanism that makes the color of their eyes camouflage to match the color of the water they're in.

 Scallops' eye color adapts to camouflage with the color of the water

Noise from deep-sea mining may disrupt whale song, study finds

A study found man-made noise could increase the risk of mother whales being separated from their calves since their normal vocalizations are quiet.

A humpback whale is seen breaching the water.

Israel's beaches cleanest they have been in 17 years, new report says

The coastal areas of Acre, Haifa, Carmel, Bat Yam and more were the cleanest beaches in Israel throughout 2022.

Israeli soldiers clean tar off the Palmachim beach following an offshore oil spill which drenched most of the Israeli coastline, February 22, 2021

Biden welcomes release of American Trevor Reed from Russia

Reed, 30, from Texas, was convicted in 2019 of endangering the lives of two police officers while drunk on a visit to Moscow.

 US ex-Marine Trevor Reed, who was detained in 2019 and accused of assaulting police officers, gestures inside a defendants' cage during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia March 11, 2020.

Russian court dismisses appeal of jailed former US Marine Trevor Reed

Trevor Reed, 30, from Texas, is serving out his term after being convicted in 2019 of endangering the lives of two police officers while drunk on a visit to Moscow.

 Joey Reed, father of former US Marine Trevor Reed, who was detained in 2019 and accused of assaulting police officers, and Alina Tsybulnik, Trevor's girlfriend, attend a court hearing in Moscow, Russia July 30, 2020.

Swords, gold & shipwrecks: Israeli waters keep on revealing treasures

For thousands of years, ships have sailed in the region and archaeological remains bear witness of the richness of its life.

 View of the bow looking east at Ma‘agan Mikhael B shipwreck.

On This Day: Achille Lauro hijacking, resulting in Klinghoffer murder

The ordeal lasted two days and ended in one casualty — the murder of a 69-year-old wheelchair-bound Jewish-American man.

 Wheelchair with a photograph of the late Klinghoffer in it sits across from Lincoln Center and the New York Metropolitan Opera ahead of a planned demonstration, in New York

US vessel intercepted by IRGC speedboats in Persian Gulf - report

A spokesman for the US Navy said that he was unaware of any unsafe interaction with Iran in the last two days.

Iranian boats take part in naval war game in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz southern Iran April 22, 2010. Iran's Revolutionary Guards successfully deployed a new speed boat capable of destroying enemy ships as war games began on Thursday in a waterway crucial for global oil supplies, Iran

Jewish Marine went viral for cradling baby makes kids happy at a JCC

The photo was of Matt Jaffe, a 27-year-old sergeant, cradling a baby in Afghanistan on Aug. 20. The soldier’s smile, and the story behind the photo, helped make it go viral.

A view outside the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan in New York City