Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Scientists often divide predator species into two camps: ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lynx prey mostly on roe deer but they are also known to take sheep [Scotland Big Picture] The possibility of reintroducing lynx to ...

Britain has amazing wildlife, but it is not a place that’s famous for its wild big cats! In fact, the closest thing to a native big cat they have is the Scottish wildcat (Felis silvestris), and they ...

Mountain lions, which sometimes crush lynx skulls out of spite, have followed the deer and elk down into the foothills. But the lynx—with its ultralight frame and tremendous webbed feet—can tread on ...

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 ...

It’s long been known that snowshoe hare numbers in North American forests rise and fall dramatically in a predictable 10-year cycle. A year or two later, Canada lynx populations follow the same ...

The possibility of reintroducing lynx to Scotland will be put to communities in the Highlands and Moray later this month. The Lynx to Scotland Partnership say the region offers good habitat for the ...

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 ...