West of the Dead Sea lies Ein Gedi National Park, an area with terrain similar to that of San Diego. A beautiful, arid mountainous region, Ein Gedi is how I pictured all of Israel. With rocky crags, ...

My beloved to me is a spray of henna blooms from the vineyards of Ein Gedi (Song of Songs 1:14) Prior to our recent trip to the Dead Sea and Ein Gedi, we hadn’t visited the area in years. In the ...

Ein Gedi (literally the Spring of the Goats, referring to Nubian Ibex that come to the spring to drink) is an oasis of lush beauty in the Judean Desert along the shores of the Dead Sea. It is one of ...

Students spark outrage after post of 'human swastika' ...

video: With the Law of Brevity in mind, researchers examined whether call amplitude, rather than call duration, might be the main factor by which animal vocal repertoires are optimized. They fitted ...

It was an epic confrontation: a small slender shepherd named David facing off against a towering burly warrior named Goliath. The end of the contest is well known: it was an upset for the ages. The ...

No one can say with certainty why the flourishing Jewish settlement at Ein Gedi abruptly ended sometime in the 6th century. We know that a conflagration destroyed the community’s handsome synagogue.

A behavioural study published in the British Ecological Society’s Journal of Animal Ecology has linked reproductive success in male rock hyraxes to their ability to maintain rhythm during courtship ...

Recent research has uncovered more nuances in the hyrax song, including its variations among different functions, contexts, and reception. Though birds are well-known for their singing, more complex ...

New study links reproductive success in male rock hyraxes to their singing frequency and rhythmic abilities during courtship songs. A behavioural study published in the British Ecological Society's ...