Snowshoe hares are an important prey species to a number of predators, including the Canada lynx. Clocking in at 20 pounds on average, the Canada lynx is barely larger than a robust housecat ...

Lynx, fox, coyote, and even some birds of prey hunt this wary hare. Like most hares (and rabbits), snowshoe hares are prolific breeders. Females have two or three litters each year, which include ...

The diet of the Canadian lynx typically consists of 75% snowshoe hare, and researchers have noticed that lynx and hare ...

But the lynx—with its ultralight frame and tremendous webbed feet—can tread on top of the six-foot snowpack and pursue its singular passion: snowshoe hares, prey that constitutes 96 percent of ...

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, ...

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 ...

Every few years, snowshoe hare numbers in the Canadian Yukon climb to a peak. As hare populations increase, so do those of their predators: lynx and coyotes. Then the hare population plummets and ...

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 ...

a lynx had visited the front porch of her home in the Goldstream Valley. “I’ve never seen them before,” she said. “I don’t think this is common — at least not to me.” ...

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 ...