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Australia's program to rebuild coastal shellfish reefs is named a UN restoration flagship

The Reef Builder program has restored reefs at 13 locations, removed nearly 15 tonnes of nutrient pollution and created more than 425 jobs.

A tiny spotted cat from Bolivia is the first new wild cat species named in more than a century

In September 2026, scientists described Leopardus tilcayo from the Andes' Yungas cloud forests, after DNA showed it has evolved on its own for about 1.4 million years.

Spacecraft across the solar system teamed up to study a visitor from another star

Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, found from Chile in July 2025, was watched by about 20 telescopes and spacecraft, from Earth orbit to Mars and beyond.