Scientists discover new cat species in Bolivia, first in over 100 years

In the cloud forests and high valleys of Bolivia, a cat has spent untold generations beyond the reach of science — hunting, raising young, and living entirely outside the world's formal knowledge of itself. This month, researchers announced its discovery, the first new feline species identified in the country in over a century. The finding is a quiet reminder that the Earth's inventory of life remains unfinished, and that wildness, even in an age of satellites and genomics, still holds secrets worth finding.