A new orange and black bat species is always ready for Halloween
Old-style science fieldwork finds an unknown bat in the sky islands of Africa’s Nimba Mountains
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A newly discovered bat species (Myotis nimbaensis) from Guinea’s Nimba Mountains makes a great reminder that there’s flashy coloring among all the browns, blacks and tan in the bat world.
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