Scientists have just solved a case of mistaken identity. It involves a creature that looks like a cross between a house cat and a teddy bear, and it lives high up in the cloud forests of the Andes.

Imagine a mini-raccoon with a teddy bear face that is so cute it's hard to resist, let alone overlook. But somehow science did - until now. Researchers announced Thursday a rare discovery of a species ...

A baby olinguito that Juan Rendon, an employee at the Mesenia-Paramillo Nature Reserve in Colombia, discovered in a nest 40 feet up in a tree. It was the only baby in the nest, which was made in a ...

The newly named mammal may well already be on the road to extinction. And its cuteness will not offer much protection Welcome to the world, olinguito, the first new carnivore to be discovered in the ...

A team, led by Smithsonian scientist Kristofer Helgen, spent 10 years examining hundreds of museum specimens and tracking animals in the wild in the cloud forests of Ecuador. The result―the newest ...

The olinguito, found in the Andes Mountains of South America, is a member of the raccoon family. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content.

A new species of animal, the woolly-furred olinguito, has been named as a new species after being wrongly identified for more than 100 years. It lives in the cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador, the ...

Hidden away in the cloud forests of Colombia and described as half cat, half teddy bear, the olinguito is the first new carnivore to be discovered in the Western Hemisphere in 35 years. The cute ...

Scientists on Thursday said they have identified the olinguito, a small animal that looks like a cross between a cat and a teddy bear, making it the first new carnivore discovered in the Western ...

Hiding out in the treetops of the Andean cloud forest is the furry, fig-chomping olinguito, a mammal that was unknown to science — until now. It is the first mammal in the order carnivora to be ...

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Scientists have just solved a case of mistaken identity. It involves a creature that looks like a cross between a house cat and a teddy bear, and it lives high up in the cloud forests of the Andes.