The elusive Canada lynx has been spotted in Vermont for the first time since 2018—good news for conservationists and wildlife enthusiasts alike. The sighting, which occurred in Rutland County ...

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.

Lynx are uniquely adapted to hunt snowshoe hare in deep snow. Similarly, they have exceptionally large hind paws that act as snowshoes.

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. A Shrewsbury ...

State wildlife officials concede that they don’t fully understand the local dynamics of lynx and snowshoe hares, but they remain confident that the reintroduced population of cats is viable. “We’ve ...

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 ...

Now, the agency must temper that desire to maximize timber yield with the need to make sure there is adequate cover for lynx and enough food for snowshoe hares, the cats’ main prey.

In two of the dens, both the adult cats were born in Colorado, rather than being lynx that were transplanted from Canada and Alaska. The kittens born this year are third-generation Colorado lynx, ...

The lynx have big, fuzzy paws that keep them up on top of the snow, which allows them to easily chase snowshoe hare, a main source of food for cats, Piccinini said.

Researchers believe the apparent lack of reproduction by the elusive cats over the past two years could be related to a decline in the state’s population of snowshoe hares ” the lynx’s main prey.