Grad student finds New Mexico's first Canada lynx in 25 years

William Grooms, a graduate student at New Mexico State University, captured motion-sensing camera images of a Canada lynx in Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico on June 12, 2026—the first documented sighting in the state in approximately 25 years. The lynx was identified by characteristic ear tufts, facial ruff, solid black tail tip, and lack of bobcat spots.