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Israel Discoveries: Heart Disease-Cancer Link; Space Monitors for Chickpea Cultivation; A Six-Legged Gazelle

“Contrary to expectations, the gazelle is healthy, strong, and has three female gazelles and a fawn from the previous fall. He has been seen hosting the females in the fields and the extra legs on his back pose no challenge to him,” Balaban says. [Press Release]

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Tree-Climbing Animals Like Lizards Endangered by Global Warming

The researchers focused on lizards and demonstrated that following the effects of climate change, they will seek refuge from the hot ground by spending a lot of time on trees. However, due to human-related activities such as deforestation, urbanization and the expansion of agricultural lands at the expense of natural lands, the availability of trees in the areas where the lizards live will decrease, and this may lead to the collapse of many populations. [Press Release]

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Oct. 7th Survivor Lauds JNF-USA’s Red Mountain Therapeutic Riding Center

Shortly after evacuating to another city in Israel with other survivors and looking for ways to work through her grief, Twilly began an emotional healing journey at Jewish National Fund-USA’s Red Mountain Therapeutic Riding Center, a treatment facility in Kibbutz Grofit that uses equine therapy and other methods to treat children and adults with special needs and who have experienced trauma. [Press Release]

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What Birds Do When Humans Leave the Vicinity

A new study from Tel Aviv University (TAU) found that when humans are suddenly absent from the urban environment, the activity of the crows and ringneck parakeets that “live” in the area significantly reduces. Conversely, graceful prinias, which are generally considered shy, increased their activity. [Press Release]

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