Sweden has issued licenses to hunters to kill 87 Eurasian lynx between March 1 and Apr. 15. Conservation organizations say the annual hunts of the medium-sized wildcat violate environmental ...

Israeli media has reported that an Egyptian lynx attacked several Israeli soldiers near the Israel-Egypt border, in the Mount ...

When Iberlince stepped in to rescue the lynx in 2002, fewer than a hundred of the cats were scattered throughout the Mediterranean scrubland, their numbers chipped away by hunting and a virus that ...

But the 25-pound Iberian lynx, icon of Spain and Portugal, is on shaky turf. Its wild count is about 225 animals, up from 100 a decade ago but far too low for long-term survival. Hunting ...

Iberian Lynx conservation is facing fresh challenges as several regional governments in Spain have moved to block ...

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 ...

Lynx were widespread on the Iberian Peninsula before the early 1900s. Hunting and habitat loss pushed this species to the brink of extinction by 2002, when fewer than 100 lynx could be found in Spain.

Sweden also allows “protective hunting,” in which lynxes deemed a threat to life or property can be killed. In Jämtland county, 12 lynx were reportedly shot in January to protect reindeer ...