Officials say at least 29 people have recently been hospitalized with symptoms typical of microsporidia, which leads to eye inflammation and in rare cases can damage eyesight

Israel's largest freshwater lake currently sits over three meters above levels where water quality would decline and cause damage to the environment

Genetic barcoding of fish in lake to aid future conservation suggests that species assumed to be Doctor fish, popular as tickly foot cleaners in beauty spas, is actually endangered

Mosaic found at apparent church site in biblical Bethsaida includes dedication to 'Head and Leader of the Heavenly Messengers,' a term for Peter, first disciple of Jesus

Raid Mahmeed, 49, fell off speedboat last weekend; IDF says it conducted 'advanced' scans to locate body, which was pulled out by scuba unit

Program, greenlit by Water Authority last year, will end pollution, channel more freshwater into stretch of iconic river south of Sea of Galilee

Editor David Horovitz weighs in on goals of US president's trip to region; environment reporter Sue Surkes talks desalinated water piped into Galilee & fungi as building material

Underground channel set to start operating in spring; Sea of Galilee expert says tests indicate more pros than cons, but full effect on ecosystems will only emerge with monitoring

Tiberias fisherman finds Kalashnikov in Sea of Galilee apparently lost over half a century ago

A salvage excavation uncovers a frozen scene of existential distress during the Hellenistic era and an earlier agricultural community from the Iron Age