In a once-lost forest in Africa, six animal species new to science have been discovered, members of a two-month expedition now reveal, including a bat, a rodent, two shrews and two frogs. “If we can find six new species in such a short period, it makes you wonder what else is out there,” said Wildlife Conservation Society researcher Andrew Plumptre. The bat appears to be a kind of horseshoe bat (genus Rhinolophus), known for the large horseshoe-shaped “nose leaves” used for directing their ultrasound.
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I think this is pretty cool. It makes me feel hopeful about the state of our world; that nature is adapting and fighting back all the pollutants we humans have put out there. Of course these creatures may not actually be ‘new’, just undiscovered by western scientists. Either way it shows that life goes in.

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