Lynx
International Lynx Day: Celebrate the Biggest Wild Cat in Europe on June 11
After several decades of low numbers, the return of the lynx to the European forests is slow but steady. The Eurasian lynx was once quite common in most of Europe.
'Lucky' man photographs red lynx in eastern Turkey
A lynx, a wild cat in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, has been photographed in the eastern Turkish province of Tunceli.
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Securing a Safe Haven for the Balkan Lynx
The Macedonian wildcat, or Balkan lynx, is a national symbol of Macedonia and one of the rarest animals in the world.
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Folkloric and a national symbol: Saving the Balkan Lynx
In Albania, legend has it that staring into the almond-shaped eyes of the Balkan Lynx renders you blind. But today, sightings of the rare wildcat have become so unlikely that conservationists have raised a red flag about its future.
Hidden cameras help scientists study elusive wildlife
Motion-detecting wildlife cameras have photographed everything from small desert cats called ocelots to snow-loving lynx high in the Northern Rockies
Cyrilic Creator on the Internet Andrey Chernov Died
The owner of the Vesomosti newspaper Demian Kudryvtsev announced the death of one of the creators of the Russian-language segment on the Internet and the author of the KOI-9R protocol, Andy Chernov.
Montenegro Searches For its Last, Lost Lynxes
Montenegro has launched a "Lynx Recovery Programme" in order to find out whether any remaining lynxes still live in remote corners of the country - and offer protection if they do.
Only about a hundred lynxes now survive in the wild in the whole of the Balkans, spread over Macedonia, Albania, Montenegro and Kosovo, and some experts fear the number may be as low as only 40.
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