The cat is known to venture into Minnesota when snowshoe hare, its main prey, are hard to find, the DNR says. It's also found in Maine and mountainous parts of the northwestern U.S. Canada lynx ...

Minnesota has the third-largest lynx population in the United States, after Alaska and Maine. Current estimates for lynx vary ...

Milder winters or shifting snowfall levels can also affect snowshoe hare populations, influencing a hungry lynx to move closer to populated areas. Sometimes, shorter winters may even drive lynxes to ...

In the southern parts of that range, they eat a varied diet of prey animals, but in the northernmost parts of their range, they dine almost exclusively on snowshoe hares. A northern Canada lynx is ...

Canada lynx mainly eat snowshoe hares and are found where hare populations are plentiful. Canada lynx typically have solid coloring with occasional grizzled patterns or dark spots. Most are ...

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 ...

This unique relationship allowed Sam to capture some epic never-before-filmed behaviour — including a wild lynx successfully hunting a snowshoe hare. Canada’s lynx are dependent on snowshoe ...

The life span of both sexes usually falls between 10 and 20 years. FEEDING: The main prey animal of the Canada lynx is the snowshoe hare. Lynx will sometimes eat other small mammals and birds, ...

The large hind feet, long ears, short tail, and typical rabbit shape distinguish this snowshoe hare, the only "rabbit" throughout much of the Adirondack Park. From mid-December until late April, the ...

But those dancers’ legs are most valuable for bounding through snow and ice, and they give the lynx an edge when chasing lightweight prey like hares and mice that can more capably flee.

Snowshoe hares have many predators, from coyotes to golden eagles, and lynx, so this winter white coat is an excellent camouflage. The polar bear is the largest living bear on the planet.