The wild cat is the size of a domestic kitten. Despite its elusive nature, there are three major threats to its existence.

In 2017, Paola Nogales-Ascarrunz, a biologist and National Geographic Explorer working in Bolivia, received a call from a local wildlife sanctuary that had just been given what they described as "a ...

When it comes to cats, looks can be deceiving, as was the case with this little feline, which flew under the radar for years before its identity was discovered ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eric Isselee/Shutterstock It's not every day that a new cat species is identified by scientists. In fact, up until 2026, it had ...

Sept. 18 (UPI) --Scientists have formally identified a new wild cat species native to Bolivia, marking the first description of a completely new living feline species in more than a century, according ...

The enigmatic tiger cats of South America now encompass a new species – the tilcayo – bringing the number of known tiger cat species to five ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists have discovered an entirely new cat species that has avoided detection for centuries, as ITV News' Geraint Vincent ...

Hidden among the lush cloud forests of Bolivia’s Yungas region, a small, spotted feline has caught the attention of scientists worldwide: the Leopardus tilcayo.

BRASILIA, Brazil, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Researchers say a new species of Brazilian wildcat has been hiding in plain sight, within the DNA of an already known species called the tigrina. The new species was ...

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