An Iberian lynx wearing a tracking device runs after being released into the Spanish Sierra Arana wilderness as part of a repopulation project, in Granada, Spain on Dec. 19, 2022. Carlos Gil Andreu / Getty Images
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The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has changed the listing for the Iberian lynx species, or Lynx pardinus, from Endangered to Vulnerable in the organization’s Red List, a list detailing the extinction risk of species around the world.
Francisco Javier Salcedo Ortiz, coordinator of the LIFE Lynx-Connect project that led conservation efforts for the species, described the population rebound as “The greatest recovery of a cat…
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