Home Sweet Hula: Two Hula painted frogs released in the Hula Reserve on Tuesday morning. Credit: Gil EliyahuFor more than 50 years, the Hula painted frog, a species unique to the Hula Valley in northern Israel, was considered extinct. This week, the breeding program marked an exciting milestone05:35 PM • August 06 2026 IDTFor the first time ever, tadpoles and adult frogs of the rare Hula painted frog species were released into the Hula Nature Reserve on Tuesday morning. The Hula painted frog is Israel's largest amphibian, can weigh up to 250 grams and is found nowhere else in the world. This marks the first reintroduction to nature from the Hula painted frog breeding program, which operates at the Tisch Family Zoological Gardens, known as the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo, in cooperation with researchers from Tel Aviv University. In the NewsThis Israeli Frog Was Considered Extinct. Now 250 of Them Are Returning HomeA Summer Dish That Only Gets Better After a Night in the Fridge'I Saw Pictures of Dead Kids. In the Army They Told Us We Only Kill Terrorists'Palestinian Refugee Camp Under IDF Siege for Second Day; Medics, Press BlockedTwo Lion Cubs Rescued From Traffickers in Israel Relocated to South AfricaRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab Emirates'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-SayedIt's No Wonder Israelis Want War. Violence Has Become a Source of JoyDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of CommanderIsrael Captured 230 Square Miles of Lebanon, Razed Villages and Built New Bases