Zoo

Even after his passing: The zoo director's dream becomes reality

A new adventure park opened at Jerusalem's Biblical Zoo in memory of late CEO Shay Doron, fulfilling his decades-long vision with jungle-themed challenge structures for children of all ages.

|ByMEITAL SHARABI/MAARIV
Adventure Park at the Biblical Zoo.
A lion roars inside its enclosure at a zoo in Peshawar, Pakistan December 13, 2021.

Teenager with dreams of becoming lion tamer mauled to death by big cats after entering enclosure

The 19-year-old had previously tried to sneak onto a flight to Africa in hopes of being with the big cats.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Lee Harten, a PhD candidate of Tel Aviv University School of Zoology, holds an Egyptian fruit-bat during an interview with Reuters at a laboratory in the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv, Israel May 27, 2019

How Egyptian fruit bats seasonally adapt behavior to compete with rats - study

Researchers at Tel Aviv University noticed a pattern: bats took fewer risks while scavenging in the winter, but became braver as spring approached.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
A tiger at Aalborg Zoo.

Zoo in Denmark asks public for unwanted pets to feed its carnivores

The animals cannot have been treated for illness for at least 30 days prior to being donated.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD

A zoo with a message

How Beersheba’s Negev Zoo is transforming the way people see animals

JULY 31, 2019ByANAV SILVERMAN PERETZ
NEGEV ZOO educational director Sefi Horesh leads a tour.