An ancient fishing boat unearthed from the depths of the Sea of Galilee in 1986 provided a rare glimpse into maritime transportation during Jesus Christ's era. While there is no proof this was the ...

Israel’s largest freshwater lake is also known as the Sea of Tiberias, Lake of Gennesaret, and Lake Kinneret in Israel. The lake measures just more than 21 kilometers north to south and is only ...

About one million tourists from abroad visit the Sea of Galilee, also known as Lake Tiberias or Kinneret, each year, according to the Israeli tourism ministry.

Climate change has tightened its grip on the Sea of Galilee, leading to lower water levels in Israel's largest freshwater lake.

In 2012, massive fish kills on Lake Kinneret or “The Sea of Galilee” were reported. After investigating this strange though infrequent phenomenon, researchers identified that an “upwelling ...

A dozen facts about the lake where the controversial late-night swim occurred.

The Northern part of Lake Kinneret, or the Sea of Galilee, in northeast Israel, near the Golan Heights, in the Jordan Rift Valley, on February 20, 2014. Rain in its (winter) season is always seen ...

Thanks to the winter rains that have been falling freely from the skies over Israel for the past several weeks, the water level in Lake Kinneret (Sea of Galilee) is steadily rising, although there ...