Did you know? Canada lynx are made for hunting in deep snow, with thick cushions of hair on the soles of their feet that act like built-in snowshoes. Appropriately enough, this adaptation helps them stalk their favorite prey, the snowshoe hare. Though lynx were protected as a threatened species under the federal Endangered Species Act in 2000, trapping, habitat destruction, climate change and other threats continue to harm these felines. We're working to make sure this wild cat and its habitat a

A lynx is any of the four species within the medium-sized wild cat genus Lynx. The name originated in Middle English via Latin from the Greek word lynx, derived from the Indo-European root leuk-, in reference to the luminescence of its reflective eyes. | Natural World