Jerusalem zoo

Docaviv 2026 opens in Tel Aviv with global documentaries, masterclasses, and retrospectives

The 28th Docaviv festival runs through June 6, featuring Israeli and international documentaries, masterclasses with Oscar winners, retrospectives, and a focus on politics, culture, and music.

Meir Shalev
Carol Ann Schwartz, national president of Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, at the inauguration.

Netivot shows how Israel’s periphery can become its center - opinion

Uriel Nuri, employee of The Jerusalem Biblical Zoo

Jerusalem Biblical Zoo employee succumbs to wounds sustained in leopard attack

 WHITE ELEPHANT: The old Dan Pearl hotel.

Grapevine, August 9, 2024: Dearly departed 


Jewish groups urge Jerusalem mayor to stop attacks on Christians

In the first three weeks of July alone, there had been 17 separate reported acts of discriminatory acts against Christians countrywide.

 MAYOR MOSHE LION on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

Wildfire near Jerusalem's biblical zoo, aquarium brought under control

As the fire quickly advanced in the direction of the Israel Aquarium and the zoo, aided by strong winds, the two sites' visitors were evacuated.

 A firefighting plane attempts to extinguish a large fire broke in Jerusalem, on June 15, 2023

This week in Jerusalem: Victory in Kiryat Yovel – for now

A weekly round-up of city affairs.

 BIBLICAL ZOO: Facelift.

Jerusalem's biblical zoo revives tiger exhibit with endangered species

The exhibit's new resident, Jakarta, is a Sumatran tiger, a critically endangered subspecies.

Siberian Tiger in the Philadelphia Zoo

Here are Jerusalem's biblical zoo upcoming plans

Corona times have proven challenging for most of Jerusalem’s attractions, but for the zoo's team, it has provided them with amazing opportunities for growth and renewal.

 JERUSALEM PACHYDERMS: Tamar (L) and Susan.

Jerusalem Zoo attempts damage control after kids see a lion eat a bunny

The zoo explained that the lions are usually fed dead animals behind closed doors but that, in this case, the lion dragged its food out into public view. * Warning: Graphic Video *

YASHA THE lioness is seen with her six-week-old Asiatic lion cubs, at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in on May 6

Coronavirus lockdown is a lonely time for Jerusalem zoo animals

"They are sitting and waiting that the zoo will open again."

The Biblical Zoo in Jerusalem which is closed due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown

Norway makes its first discovery of highly pathogenic bird flu

Several cases have also been reported in Israel in the past couple of months.

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Diving duck comeback: When fowl is fair

In 2009, two pairs of ferruginous ducks were brought to Israel from France to establish the breeding program at the Jerusalem Zoo. Since 2011, nearly all have spread their wings and been released.

DIVING DUCKS born at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo were recently spotted in the Jezreel Valley

Following warmer ties, UAE and Israel's zoos exchange hellos

"And friends, this is what we call Zooplomacy"

YASHA THE lioness is seen with her six-week-old Asiatic lion cubs, at the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo in on May 6