While a national environmental organization focuses on preserving a wildlife ecological corridor, locals want to save more open space and for the city to prepare for climate change

Rangers find 20 carcasses near Kadita in Galilee, suspect deliberate poisoning with pesticide

Deal signed by Europe Asia Pipeline Company with Emirati consortium 'invalid' because it wasn't approved by government or opened for consultation with public, petition charges

Rome greenlights shooting of 7.5 million birds of species immortalized in Song of Songs as a messenger of spring, in move that could drive European variant toward extinction.

Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel's goals for coming years include protecting disappearing eco-corridors so wildlife can continue to roam despite development

Habitat destruction, pesticides, hunting, invasive species, manmade obstacles such as wind turbines and high voltage power lines all take a toll, but reliable research lacking

Ornithologist Yoav Perlman calls for 'rewilding' of certain habitats to stem losses as migratory species and fowl that breed locally suffer decline, though others see gains

Nature activists trying to get hunting for sport banned, but body in charge of issuing licenses claims it's powerless unless 1955 Animal Welfare Law amended

Appeal forms part of nationwide campaign to stop hunting 'for sport' and increase fines for illegal hunting

Research urges refraining from encouraging human population growth, calls for stopping urban sprawl into natural areas to save endangered species