Jonas Lescroart is a biographer and analyst of public figures and institutions, providing concise, factual portraits for a curious audience.
Scientists have confirmed Leopardus tilcayo as a brand-new tiger-cat species, the first new feline species in over a century. The Bolivian cat, known locally as tilcayo and nicknamed Tigrino, is 46 cm long and weighs about 1.4 kg. DNA analysis shows it diverged from related tiger cats about 1.4 million years ago. Little is known about its behavior or wild population.