Tilcayo cat New species of animals and plants continue to be found and catalogued around the globe. Yet, it's been more than a century since the last new species of cat has been discovered. Until now. In the depths of Bolivia's Yungas cloud forest lives the tilcayo cat (Leopardus tilcayo) , a gorgeously spotted cat the size of a small house cat. It was likely known to the people native to this remote region. Now the world has one more species of wild feline to admire, tr

Okay, this one is just for grins. And because the diversity and ingenuity of nature is so inspiring. When I was in the Peruvian Amazon a number of years ago, we took a nighttime walk along a forest path through the jungle. Why? Cuz some species only come out at night. Of the creatures we observed in the glow of our headlamps, the most fascinating and ingenious to me was a net-throwing spider. This small predator weaves a rectangular web that it then grasps with its

Bone collector caterpillar Seems if we look closely enough in nature--sleuthing every habitat nook and cranny, every possible niche and...