The Iberian lynx appears to be fighting back from the brink of extinction with scientists recording a growth in the population of one of the world's most endangered cats for the first time in decades.

They may be at each other's throats on the international stage, but when it comes to saving the Asiatic cheetah, the US and Iran see eye to eye. As long as no American scientists enter Iran, that is.

Conservationists have found several species of endangered animals living in parts of the Indonesian jungle given over to timber and oil-palm plantations.

Scientists at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have discovered that some unprotected areas of Sumatran forests are safe havens for a variety of threatened species, including tigers, elephants, sun bears, tapirs, golden cats and clouded leopards.

The endangered Bengal tiger could get a big boost from habitat upgrades.

Researchers at the Wildlife Conservation Society and other institutions declare that improvements in management of existing protected areas in South Asia could double the number of tigers currently existing in the region.

Jim Corbett National Park, which the hunter-turned-conservationist helped establish in what is now the Indian state of Uttaranchal, is home to one of only two genetically viable tiger populations in the entire country.

New breeding centres for the threatened species are to be established in Portugal and Spain

The Bush administration has neglected this important system of lands, and worse, has politically interfered with the scientific and professional judgments of refuge managers.

The similarity between the cat genome and six recently completed mammalian genomes (human, chimpanzee, mouse, rat, dog, and cow) allowed the scientists to identify 20,285 putative genes in the cat genome.

Lions have now disappeared from most of their former range, but for livestock owners around the Waza National Park, Cameroon, living with lions is a daily reality.

Lions have now disappeared from most of their former range, but for livestock owners around the Waza National Park, Cameroon, living with lions is a daily reality.

The Sunderbans are one of the world's largest tiger habitats and over centuries, those living here, have shared the forest's bounty with the tiger; for honey, firewood or fish and mud crabs.

This poacher-turned-conservationist has been at the forefront of wildlife activism since 1999. He lives on the Bali island of the Sunderbans, a deltaic region to the south of India West Bengal state (WB) and adjacent Bangladesh, famous as the natural habitat of the Royal Bengal tiger and forming the largest mangrove area in the world.

HOPES for the future survival of the world’s most endangered cat species have been raised after the discovery of an unknown population of Iberian lynx.

The world's most endangered cat species may be slightly less endangered than previously thought.

Scientists in Spain claim to have discovered a previously unknown population of the Iberian lynx. They say the find raises hope that one of the world’s most endangered cat species is not that close to extinction.

Spanish authorities have announced they have discovered a previously unknown population of Iberian lynx, triggering hope for one of the world's most endangered cat species, said World Wildlife Fund.

Spanish authorities have announced the discovery of a previously unknown population of Iberian lynx, triggering hope for the world’s most endangered cat species, said WWF.

A rare Amur leopard, one of an estimated 30 left in the wild, was captured in Russia and examined by conservation experts before being released.

A rare Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), one of only an estimated 30 left in the wild has been captured and health-checked by experts from a consortium of conservation organizations, before being released.

A rare Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), one of only an estimated 30 left in the wild has been captured and health-checked by experts from a consortium of conservation organisations, before being released.

Wildlife biologists caught an Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis) in the Russian Far East, allowing for a rare snapshot and health check of the critically endangered species.