New Species in the Spotlight: Scientists report the first new wild cat species in over a century, naming Leopardus tilcayo (the “tilcayo”) after genetic work that untangled a long-running tiger-cat family debate. Space Launch from Kourou: Vega C successfully put ESA’s Copernicus Sentinel-3C and the FLEX vegetation-fluorescence mission into orbit from French Guiana, boosting Europe’s ability to track oceans, wildfires, droughts, and plant stress. Earth Monitoring Details: Sentinel-3C will support sea-surface temperature, sea level, ocean currents, coastal water quality, heatwaves, and more, while FLEX maps photosynthetic activity from space to refine carbon-cycle and ecosystem monitoring. EU Space Ambition: At a Paris summit, Macron pushed a roadmap for European crewed spaceflight from Kourou within 10 years, alongside Nyx cargo docking and Argonaut lunar landing milestones. Outer Regions Strategy: The European Commission adopted a new plan for EU outermost regions including French Guiana, aiming to tailor rules and unlock growth in areas like research and space. Amazon Health & Environment: Research links malaria resurgence in the Amazon to land-use and governance failures as much as to health-system gaps, arguing for tighter public health–environment planning. Oil Watch in Brazil: Petrobras says it found hydrocarbons in the Morpho well in Brazil’s Amazon region, but stresses quantities are still unknown and more drilling is needed.