Iberian lynx makes a comeback from brink of extinction

The Iberian lynx, once the world’s most endangered cat, has made a remarkable recovery from the brink of extinction, thanks to extensive and coordinated conservation efforts in Spain and Portugal, The Associated Press reported. In the early 2000s, the population of the lynx, scientific name Lynx pardinus, had dwindled to 62 mature individuals in the wild. Habitat loss, a precipitous decline in the population of European rabbits, their primary prey, from disease, and expanding human...

‘If only he could talk…’ centenarian tortoise ‘enjoys’ cucumber treat

While cats dominate the internet when it comes to viral videos from Kingdom Animalia, a 106-year-old Galapagos giant tortoise named Adolf has been winning hearts recently. Jay Brewer, owner of The Reptile Zoo in Fountain Valley, California, uploaded a video of Adolf chomping on cucumbers. In the video, Adolf’s neck rises out of his shell and the tortoise takes big bites of a cucumber. Brewer, only half in jest, says Adolf could easily chomp out...