From ear tufts to tail tips, discover the key physical features that help you tell bobcats and lynx apart in fleeting ...

The Canada lynx is a wild cat known for tufted ears, big feet and gray or brown fur. In August 2020, a lynx that was not like the others appeared in the Yukon territory. A short cell phone video ...

Vermont Fish and Wildlife reported this week that a Canada Lynx, endangered in Vermont and threatened nationally, was spotted ...

Biologists with the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department say they have confirmed more than a dozen reported sightings of the same rare Canada lynx seen in Rutland County in August. Since then, the ...

In 2000, the Canada lynx was designated under the Endangered Species Act as a threatened species in the lower 48 states. In Colorado, lynx have been listed as a state endangered species since 1976.

ALL THE BIOLOGISTS I spoke with for this week’s Pacific NW magazine cover story on efforts to save Canada lynx and their habitat told me the cats are one of their favorite animals — if not the ...

In this image made from a video shot and provided by Gary Shattuck, a Canada lynx, an endangered species in Vermont, was spotted walking along a rural road, Aug. 17, 2024, in Shrewsbury, Vermont.

SHREWSBURY, Vt. — A Canada lynx, an endangered species in Vermont, has been confirmed in the state for the first time since 2018, and farther south than the last confirmed sighting.

These adaptations help the big cats survive in cold temperatures. Canada lynx are solitary animals that spend most of their time hunting snowshoe hares, which make up the majority of their diet.

A previous confirmed sighting of a Canada lynx in Vermont was in 2018 in Jericho. It’s even more rare for them to travel down to southern Vermont. Fish and Wildlife says there’s no reason to ...