A melanistic oncilla

Monday 25th May 2026

I didn’t even know that this was a thing. well done to everybody involved JD

Rare black wild cat spotted in Colombia’s high Andes could reshape the fight to save …

Rare black wild cat spotted in Colombia’s high Andes could reshape the fight to save endangered cats. Hope Nguyen. Sat, May 16, 2026 at 7:40 AM PDT.

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Jonathan Downes
Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and an eleven year old granddaughter called Evelyn.