Co-authors: Irina Rotenko and Vintses’ Sidorovich
Yesterday we found another lynx lair situated once again in a treefall beneath the crowns of several large fallen spruces.
Continue reading “Behavioural breakthrough: adult male lynx staying with kittens in the lair”Co-author Irina Rotenko
Denning of the Eurasian lynx, as well as its reproduction in general in non‑rocky, more or less flat regions of Eurasia—where most individuals of the species live—remains an enigmatic aspect of its behaviour and ecology. Gradually, we have become quite advanced in investigating these hidden traits of the species, having already found more than twenty lynx lairs. Step by step, we are moving toward publishing a comprehensive analysis of the concealed features of Eurasian lynx reproduction.
Continue reading “One more finding of a lynx lair”Co-author Irina Rotenko
Today in Naliboki Forest we revealed one more case of lynx kitten stays with the mother in the mid-April.
Continue reading “One more case of lynx kitten stay with the mother in April”Co-author Irina Rotenko
In mammals, it is not uncommon for adult males to assist mothers or engage in continuous fathering, and the lynx species Lynx lynx shows such behavior as well.
Continue reading “Adult male assistance in lynxes in Belarus: ideas and inferences”Co-author Irina Rotenko
At the start of June, we discovered wolf pup tracks alongside numerous lynx footprints nestled between the root plates of two toppled spruces. We installed a camera trap at this location. Following our visit, the wolf pack seemed to have moved elsewhere. The camera trap documented numerically repeated visits by a yearling male lynx.
Continue reading “Accommodating a yearling male lynx in the original den where it was reared”Co-author Irina Rotenko
In mid-May 2023, an adult female lynx, whom we refer to as Mikhalina, gave birth within a densely layered treefall spanning approximately three hectares. She had three kittens. The following two photos depict the treefall.
Continue reading “Tracking the denning behavior of a model female lynx during the summer of 2024”Co-author Irina Rotenko
In Naliboki Forest (the central-northern Belarus) as well as in other habitats in an individual lynx home range there are quite a lot sites, which are used by the individual lynx for a number of purposes.
Continue reading “Long-term frequent usage of a particular site by lynxes”Co-author Irina Rotenko
In one of the former posts we have already addressed to the question of usage of road pipes by lynxes. In the given post we provide some further results on the question including respective video-footage, while the former post was illustrated only by photo-registrations.
Continue reading “Lynx addiction to road pipes”This scientific book gives the results of the long-term studies on the Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx in Belarus, mainly in Naliboki Forest and Paazierre Forest. Population structure, breeding, diet and prey supply as well as the variety of behavioural traits were considered. Among behavioural questions there were investigated sociality, hunting modes, mating and denning behaviour, territorial marking, sheltering and interspecific interference. The monograph presents not only the regional aspects of lynx biology, but also includes many new findings for the Eurasian lynx overall.
Continue reading “Scientific book “Behaviour and ecology of the Eurasian lynx” has been published”Co-author Irina Rotenko
Mother lynx left her kittens in a sheltered place at a small beaver pond surrounded by reed thicket and went for hunting. After half an hour play, the kittens went to rest in the reed stand. Three hours later lynx mother reunited with them.
Continue reading “Video-documentation of stay of lynx kittens, when their mother went for hunting”
Zoology by Vadim Sidorovich 