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Famed Lebanese turtle conservationist Mona Khalil dies of injuries sustained from Israeli strike

Khalil’s home was reportedly hit by an Israeli airstrike on June 4, where she was seriously injured. Her assistant also suffered injuries and burns in the strike. 

Mona Khalil, a Lebanese ecologist activist looks at a turtle at a coast in the southern Lebanese port city of Tyre, August 12, 2002; file photo.
A lifeguard and a NSW Police boat patrol Coogee Beach following a shark attack in Sydney, Australia, June 13, 2026.

Sydney reopens Coogee Beach under heavy patrols after woman critically injured in shark attack

Marble bust believed to depict the Roman goddess of love Venus found on a beach in Alicante, Spain, June 10, 2026.

Marble bust believed to depict Roman goddess of love found during excavations at Alicante beach

Neve Yam beach in Atlit

These are the cleanest and safest beaches in Israel for 2026


This Israeli nudist beach is ranked in the top 20 of its kind worldwide

Being naked isn't the same kind of taboo it was before. The Naturist Society released a list ranking the best nude beaches worldwide - and an Israeli beach made the cut.

 Sign outside a nudist beach in New Jersey; illustrative.

Stay away from Russian spy whale, Norway warns beachgoers

The whale, nicknamed Hvaldimir, became famous in 2019 after it was spotted wearing a specially made harness with mounts for a camera.

A white whale wearing a harness is seen off the coast of northern Norway, April 29, 2019.

An endangered seal became a celebrity on Israeli beach for 5 days, locals want her back

A rare 6-foot species of seal weighing hundreds of pounds who has traveled the eastern Mediterranean — waded into the water and swam away.

 A Mediterranean monk seal spotted on Israeli shores for the first time ever.

Mediterranean monk seal spotted for first time on Israel's shores

The Mediterranean monk seal is considered a critically endangered species.

 A Mediterranean monk seal spotted on Israeli shores for the first time ever.

Climate change fuels lifespan of flesh-eating bacteria - study

Recent research has uncovered that infections caused by the bacteria Vibrio vulnificus has increased in the last three decades.

 Vibrio vulnificus bacteria

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.

Port TLV Residence to star at Jerusalem Post Women Leaders Summit

Lee Ziv, the project’s vice-president, is slated to speak at Post’s Women Leaders Summit on February 22

 The penthouse at Port TLV Residence

Degania Beach finally reopens to public after years-long closure

The beach was originally closed to the public due to extensive works carried out by Israel’s national water company.

 A VIEW of the Kinneret with the Hermon in the background. The view that inspired Rachel the Poetess, among others.

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?

Israel's beaches cleanest they have been in 17 years, new report says

The coastal areas of Acre, Haifa, Carmel, Bat Yam and more were the cleanest beaches in Israel throughout 2022.

Israeli soldiers clean tar off the Palmachim beach following an offshore oil spill which drenched most of the Israeli coastline, February 22, 2021