A stunning Byzantine-era mosaic has been unveiled to the public for the first time, offering a glimpse into life in the Negev region of Israel over 1,600 years ago. Discovered in 1990 at the site of ...

Tens of thousands of Bedouin were forced from the desert in 1948 or fled elsewhere in the region; those who remained were later granted Israeli citizenship and became part of Israel’s Arab minority.

Desert animal park reimagines the zoo concept Beersheva’s Midbarium is a one-of-a-kind park where rescued animals roam freely, while children get to know them through interactive games.

Between 1,300 and 1,600 years ago, in what is now the city of Tel Malhata in the Negev desert of Israel, a woman and child were laid to rest. Their arms were crossed over their chests, and their ...

Caracal suspected of biting IDF soldiers near Mount Harif is caught by Nature and Parks Authority supervisor and taken for examination at hospital for wild animals.

In another police and Nature and Parks Authority operation on Wednesday, a lion cub was found being held in a pit in the area of the Bedouin town of Bir Hadaj in the Negev Desert. The cub ...

From the arid deserts of the Negev to the lush forests of Galilee, Israel is home to a variety of unusual wild animals that thrive in its diverse ecosystems. Located at the crossroads of Europe ...

Yatir Winery's wines come exclusively from its high-elevation vineyards in the Yatir Forest, which are only 10 minutes away ...

“We are Zionists and pro-Israel. We want to turn the Negev green and this looks like a way to do so,” Avi Leitner, the president of the Blue Agave Israel Group, told JNS.

Before Israel’s founding in 1948, the Negev was home to 92,000 Bedouins, but only 11,000 remained after the Arab-Israeli war of that year, according to Minority Rights Group.

The Negev desert of southern Israel is renowned for its unique rock art. Since at least the third millennium BCE, the hunters, shepherds, and merchants who roamed the Negev have left thousands of ...

At a military base that now doubles as a detention center in Israel’s Negev desert, an Israeli working at the facility snapped two photographs of a scene that he says continues to haunt him.