New Bat Discovered In Africa - And It s Orange, Black Like Halloween New Bat Discovered In Africa - And It s Orange, Black Like Halloween At a time when the United Nations has warned of a biodiversity crisis, with 1 million species facing extinction, a find such as this is greeted as a light in a dark era, Bat Conservation International said in a statement.
Updated: January 14, 2021 7:36 am IST
It was a picture of a bat. But not just any bat. This one was orange with striking black wings.
Nancy Simmons was sitting in her office at the American Museum of Natural History two years ago when she got a startling text from a research expedition in Africa.