The cubs that were born last year in the breeding centres are now ready to go into the field. During the last few months they have learned from their mothers and developed their hunting skills and exploratory behaviour. They have also learned to defend their prey against their littermates and to avoid contact with humans.

Last December 2021, the 30th International Congress of Conservation Biology (ICCB 2021) was held. Although this edition should have been held in Rwanda, this time the congress took place virtually, conditioned by the global situation of COVID. ICCB is the world’s premier gathering for conservation scientists and practitioners, including researchers, students, agency staff, environmental educators,

The Directorate General for the Natural Environment (Regional Ministry of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Environment) of the Region of Murcia participates as a partner in the LIFE project “Creation of a genetically and demographically functional Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) metapopulation”, known as LIFE LYNXCONNECT. On Thursday 27 January 2022, a meeting was held between

Sometimes photo-trapping cameras give us surprises. In this one, in the Sierra Norte of Seville, the “special guest” is an Eagle Owl caught while hunting for its dinner. The work of tracking Iberian Lynx by means of photo-trapping also indirectly provides data on the fauna and the different characters with which the lynx shares its

It has been 20 years since the recovery of the Iberian Lynx began on the Iberian Peninsula, two decades that have meant great advances for the species and which, at present, allow us to face its future “with great optimism” because “things are being done well”, Javier Salcedo, coordinating director of LIFE LYNXCONNECT. Read more

Last November, an international meeting took place in Mertola (Portugal), bringing together European experts in the study and conservation of the wildcat, the EurWildCat Meeting (24-26 Nov). EurWildCat is a scientific network to promote collaboration and data exchange in research on the ecology of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris). The organisation invited the LIFE LYNXCONNECT