Forest

Jerusalem hills finally recovering from devastating 2025 wildfires

With Lag Ba'omer approaching, and Israelis recalling last year's Independence Day wildfires, the Fire and Rescue Authority issued a statement banning unsanctioned bonfires.

Ayalon Canada Park after restoration following the 2025 wildfires.
German Helgoland in the North Sea.

Secrets of a drowned realm: DNA traces show the North Sea once held sprawling woodlands

Participants at a Holocaust remembrance ceremony during the planting of the Forest of the Martyrs in 1952.

KKL-JNF unveils new photographs of Forest of the Martyrs to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

Medieval town found in Polish forest.

Archaeologists uncover traces of a lost medieval city deep in Polish forest


Ice core reveals Greenland was green 416,000 years ago - study

Prior to the study, it was previously thought that much of the ice sheet that covers the country today had persisted for the past 2.5 million years.

 THE MELTING Sermeq glacier, located around 80 km. south of Nuuk, is photographed in this aerial over Greenland, last September. Since last Rosh Hashanah, Greenland has lost 250 billion tons of ice.

Tourists flee Greek island Rhodes wildfire, thousands evacuated

One government official told Reuters 19,000 people had been moved from their homes and hotels.

 Wildfires burn forests on Greek island of Rhodes

Israeli summer camps to shatter records in number of participants

An unprecedented number of Israeli youth will experience Israel's forests this summer.

 : Ifat Ovadia-Luski with her daughter Shirah (center), Roee Teshuva, Deputy Secretary-General of the Council of Youth Movements in Israel, Danny Pedida, Director of the Northern Region in KKL-JNF's Education Division, and Eli Hafuta, Director of the Upper Galilee-Golan Region in KKL-JNF and others.

These fungi are able to have a conversation in the forest, researchers say - study

The study also showed that the fungi have stronger communication shortly after heavy rainfall.

 FOREST IN the Gilboa mountain range

Two Israelis rescued from a forest fire in Laos - report

The Laotian rescue forces were coordinating with the Israeli Foreign Affairs Ministry throughout the rescue, the report said.

 A view of the Mekong river bordering Thailand and Laos is seen from the Thai side in Nong Khai, Thailand, October 29, 2019. Picture taken October 29, 2019.

Gardening expert recommends seven houseplants that will help you get rid of dust

This expert claims that there are a number of plants that can be grown at home that clean the air of dust and dangerous chemicals. Most of them are easy to handle.

 A willow tree shades the charming garden at Beit Shalom

US Forest Service chief visits Israel, impressed by KKL-JNF

US Forest Service chief Randy Moore says he is ‘completely impressed’ with the work KKL-JNF has done planting trees here

 Randy Moore, chief of the US Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, with Omri Bone, KKL-JNF’s Northern Region director.

Wildlife species worldwide have dropped significantly in survival. Here's why.

World leaders are expected to meet at the 15th Conference of Parties to the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) this December, in order to find solutions to the depletion of species.

Forest near Dundukovo dam in Central Bulgaria

Extensive reforestation of semi-arid areas won't moderate global warming - study

Surprising new Israeli research finds that afforestation in semi-dry places may even make global warming worse.

 The net climatic effect of afforestation of arid areas suitable for planting. In gray - arid areas that are not suitable for planting for various reasons (agricultural areas/urban areas/hot or dry or too cold areas). In red - high heating effect. Yellow - low heating effect. Green - low cooling eff

What does your dream home look like? - opinion

I know every detail of my dream house. It would still be in Jerusalem because I am bonded to this mystical city, but it would not be an upstairs apartment.

 'THE DOOR would have a big brass knocker, to tell me that a friend has arrived.' (Illustrative).