A Eurasian lynx has been rehomed after being removed from an animal sanctuary following major welfare concerns for several endangered big cats. Freddie was welcomed to his new home at Shepreth ...

Both times there has been a hands-down winner: the lynx. I was reminded of this when news broke in January that four Eurasian lynx had been spotted – and later captured – in… ...

A closely related species, the Eurasian ... lynx have conspicuous upward-pointing ear tufts. ‘Lynx’ comes from an Indo-European root, meaning ‘bright’, probably referring to reflective eyes.

Authorities captured two Eurasian lynx in the Cairngorms National Park, near Kingussie, on Thursday, and investigators said they suspect the animals were illegally set free intentionally.

The Eurasian Lynx is a medium-sized wildcat categorized as “ least concern ” on the IUCN Red List as its population is considered stable in northern Europe and parts of Asia.

At 4 a.m. on Friday, the door to freedom opened for "Janus". Around 30 eyewitnesses watched as the young male lynx carefully and quietly toddled out of the cage. "We watched devoutly as he first ...

the Eurasian lynx roamed the snowy terrain of the Scottish Highlands, its last refuge in the British Isles. But the covert, illegal and mysterious release of four lynx into the Scottish wilds this ...

The Cairngorms Crofters & Farmers Community announced on Wednesday 8 that two Eurasian lynx were illegally released near several crofts and farms in the Kingussie area. Robert MacDonald, chairperson ...

Eurasian lynx have not been seen in the wild in the British Isles for 1,000 years. That was until last week when Police Scotland received reports of two in a forest in the Cairngorms National Park.

The cats have been confirmed as Eurasian lynx, the largest of four species of the animals. Lynx were once native to Britain but were wiped out hundreds of years ago due to habitat loss and hunting.