“Ghost of the desert” … a sand cat in Libya. In 2017 wildlife photographer Mohammed Almuntasir posted a YouTube video of the nocturnal feline in the Libyan Sahara, much to the surprise of naturalists, who hadn’t known it was there. Now, after eight years of research in a remote valley, the sand cat has been documented in 13 sites. Smaller (and arguably cuter) than a house cat, the sand cat is difficult to spot, but can be tracked through its pawprints.

Photo: M. Almuntasir

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