How scientists found an African bat lost to science for 40 years

Now the first recording of the Hill’s horseshoe bat’s echolocation call may help find more

a Hill’s horseshoe bat in a green gloved hand

This critically endangered Hill’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hilli), which was released after scientists measured its features, marks the first recorded observation of the species since 1981.

Jon Flanders, Bat Conservation International

Julius Nziza still remembers the moment vividly.