But the 25-pound Iberian lynx, icon of Spain and Portugal, is on shaky turf. Its wild count is about 225 animals, up from 100 a decade ago but far too low for long-term survival.

The Iberian lynx, once teetering on extinction’s edge with just 62 mature individuals in 2001, has made a remarkable comeback. Today, more than 2,000 of these charismatic cats roam the ...

The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) has ... Rodríguez, A. & Delibes, M. Internal structure and patterns of contraction in the geographic range of the Iberian lynx. Ecography 25, 314–328 (2002).

Climate change could ensure the wipe out of the Iberian Lynx, considered the world's most endangered cat, new research from Spain suggests. Currently, about 300 of these adorable, pointy-eared ...

The group of specialists also intervened when scientists decided to castrate a female Iberian lynx in captivity in Doñana, Spain. Named Saliega, this cat was relatively old (12 years), already ...

Many large mammals have lost genetic diversity, often thanks to the actions of people shrinking their populations. The implications can be severe because without genetic diversity, a population does ...

Research has revealed how the Iberian lynx interbred with its cousin, the Eurasian lynx over the past few thousand years to boost it’s genetic diversity. May 18, 2025 e-Paper.

This story appears in the May 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Its golden eyes have shone across Mediterranean lands for a million years. But the 25-pound Iberian lynx, icon of Spain ...