An unusual-looking cat running wild on Missouri farmland was humanely trapped by a farmer who discovered, with the help of a wildlife refuge, that this was no local species but an African serval. The cat had survived for months, despite the cold weather, but now has a safe place to call home. Tanya Smith, president…

One of the world’s most elusive species of wildcat with a rare genetic trait has been snapped by a lucky photographer at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro. Brahmanand Kori, 21, was able to photograph the melanistic serval while visiting Amboseli National Park in Kenya earlier this month. Melanism is a trait in animals characterized by an…