Sharing the Skies: How Israel’s Air Force Learned to Fly with 500 Million Birds

Sunday, March 29

Israel 8:00PM | UK 6:00PM | NY 1:00PM | LA 10:00AM

Birds and aircraft share the same airspace — sometimes with dangerous consequences.

Join Prof. Yossi Leshem, a leading figure in Israeli ornithology and a world-renowned expert on bird migration, to hear the remarkable story of how cooperation between scientists and the Israeli Air Force reduced bird–aircraft collisions by 76%, saving the lives of pilots and birds and preventing $1.5 billion in damage.

Discover how migration science turned a major aviation hazard into a global model for flight safety, and why protecting both aircraft and migratory birds becomes even more complex during times of conflict in the Middle East.