New Delhi, Nov. 1 -- In an extraordinary wildlife discovery, a young photographer from southern Spain has captured the first-ever footage of a white Iberian lynx, a genetic rarity never before recorded. The stunning video was taken on October 22 in the mountains of Jaen province, Andalusia, by 29-year-old Ángel Hidalgo, who works at a construction materials factory and spends his free time tracking wildlife across Spain's remote hills.

Hidalgo had set up a camera trap in the countryside a month earlier. While reviewing the footage, he noticed something unusual - a glowing, white figure moving across the frame.

"I thought it was a camera effect," Hidalgo told National Geographic España. "And from then on, I dedicated myself to ...