Sea

Where the sea meets sophistication

Pituach by the Sea presents a home minutes from the Mediterranean, in one of the region's most sought-after addresses.

Architecture: Yashar Architects
Ran (top) and Nidal (bottom), two young green sea turtles, during breakfast in the rehabilitation pool at the Sea Turtle Rescue Center.

Five sea turtles return to nature after rehabilitation, Israel Nature and Parks Authority announces

Following a warning issued by the Health Ministry regarding the water quality in the Sea of Galilee, an empty beach is seen at Hukok Beach, northern Israel, September 8, 2026.

Kinneret takes hit as water level drops amidst Israel's desalination plant shutdowns

A group of migrants wade away after trying to board a crowded inflatable dinghy and leave the coast of northern France in an attempt to cross the English Channel to reach Britain, at the beach of Petit-Fort-Philippe in Gravelines, near Calais, France, May 23, 2026

More than 150 migrants rescued by French, British teams after boat caught fire in English Channel


Did rising sea levels push the Vikings out of Greenland? - study

The mystery of the disappearance of Vikings from Greenland has long been the subject of debate. This new study found that sea levels rose due to the Little Ice Age.

 The ruins of the Hvalsey Church of the Viking's Eastern Settlement in Greenland.

Archaeologists to find lost underwater civilization with magnetic fields

Magnetic data, like seismic data, is collected by those looking to extract energy sources from the sea floor in order to map out the landscape for construction.

 Illustrative image of underwater civilization.

Israeli tech ‘Super Seaweed’ produces natural health compounds, medicine from the sea

New Israeli tech could lead to anti-cancer, anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral and antibiotic treatments.

 Underwater seaweed garden, Bat-Yam, Israel.

Giant seaweed blob visible from space en route to Florida

The blob, which contains over 20 million entangled tons of a brown, buoyant seaweed called sargassum, harmlessly floats through the Atlantic Ocean for the majority of the year.

 An aerial view of toxic blue-green algae bloom on the Baltic Sea coast at Tyreso near Stockholm, Sweden, June 25, 2020

Prehistoric ‘moss animals’ are millions of years younger than previously thought

The delayed appearance of these animals shows that this was not a unique period of rapid evolutionary advances, as previously believed.

Mineralized fossils of Protomelission gatehousei from Wirrealpa, Australia.

Dead fin whale washes up on Israeli beach

The whale in question is a fin whale, the second largest type of whale after a blue whale, as well as the second largest animal in the world.

 A dead fin whale is seen washing up ashore on Israel's Zikim Beach, on February 20, 2023.

Sea butterflies spotted in Eilat for first time in 29 years

Sea butterflies are not known to sting or harm humans.

 Sea butterflies.

Previously unidentified shipwreck found to be 17th-century Dutch warship

The identification of the wreck offers a fascinating glimpse into the past, enabling us to learn more about the maritime history of the 17th century.

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

Weird, horrifying-looking fish washes up on Texas shore

One Texan beachgoer posted on Facebook two pictures of this horrifying-looking fish and didn't know what it was.

 What is this mysterious-looking fish?

Canadian archaeologists recover 275 artifacts from Arctic shipwreck

Archaeologists from Parks Canada, accompanied by Inuit Guardians from the Nattilik Heritage Society, conducted excavations at the wrecks of the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror.

François Etienne Musin (1820-1888) - HMS 'Erebus' in the Ice, 1846 - BHC3325 - Royal Museums Greenwich