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 ...

Very few people have ever seen an Iberian lynx in the wild. Along with being extremely rare, it is also one of the most elusive species in the world. And lives in some of the wildest and most remote ...

It is thought that between 1960 and 1990 the Iberian lynx suffered an 80 per cent loss in its range. This has fragmented the lynx into tiny communities, which raises fears for its genetic viability ...

Images can range from animal portraiture ... Andrés Luis Dominguez Blanco (Spain) shows an Iberian lynx surveying the valley from a rosemary-covered hillside. Spain’s Sierra de Andújar is one of the ...

This story features photos from the National Geographic Photo Ark ... grove beside a busy highway in southern Spain, the Iberian lynx and her two cubs are probably watching us.

With his leopard-like spots, Navarro - a male lynx - calls out during mating season as he walks towards a camera trap. Just short of 100cm (39 inches) in length and 45cm in height, the Iberian ...

There are few conservation stories as inspiring as that of the reintroduction of the magnificent Iberian lynx. Once considered the most endangered cat in the world, the only thing that could save ...

the lynx was thrown a lifeline in 2002 when the European Union (EU) stepped in to provide vital funds One of four living species, the Iberian lynx ... parts of its former range.