Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. European lynx likely disappeared from Britain during the medieval period. The Missing Lynx Project is assessing whether they could ...

There are 40 cat species (not taking into account the various breeds of domesticated cats, which are over 70) naturally distributed across every continent except Antarctica and Australia. The wide ...

Britain hasn't had a proper apex predator in a long time. The biggest carnivore roaming the UK's countryside today is the badger. That could change soon, as plans are underway to reintroduce the ...

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking public input on a draft periodic status review for the Canada lynx that includes a recommendation to keep the animal classified as a state ...

A lynx in England could become the first UK zoo-born cat to be successfully released into the wild. The 9-month-old Eurasian lynx, who was born in the Newquay Zoo in Cornwall, has been moved to ...

For more than 500 years, no lynx had roamed the British countryside. That changed with the recent release of four of these large cats in the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland. This was an action that is ...

Floki and Bjorn arrived in October from the Pittsburgh Zoo. They are Canada lynx, a species whose native habitat includes the Northland. Bjorn, a Canada lynx, poses while relaxing on top of a large ...

Canada lynx are made for hunting in deep snow, with thick cushions of hair on the soles of their feet that act like built-in snowshoes. Appropriately enough, this adaptation helps them stalk their ...