{"id":19632,"date":"2026-06-16T15:45:17","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/the-nobel-prize-in-ecology-honors-the-rediscovery-of-a-bat-once-believed-to-be-extinct\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T15:53:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:53:22","slug":"the-nobel-prize-in-ecology-honors-the-rediscovery-of-a-bat-once-believed-to-be-extinct","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultimabozza.it\/en\/the-nobel-prize-in-ecology-honors-the-rediscovery-of-a-bat-once-believed-to-be-extinct\/","title":{"rendered":"The Nobel Prize in Ecology Honors the Rediscovery of a Bat Once Believed to Be Extinct"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s a bat that weighs as much as a teaspoon of salt. It had disappeared from the scientific radar since the 1970s. Then biologist Iroro Tanshi<\/strong> shone a red flashlight into a cave in the Cross River Forest and set in motion a journey that led her to the highest global honor in environmentalism. <\/p>\n\n

Reaching the Afi Mountain sanctuary<\/strong> in southeastern Nigeria requires hours of travel and trails that wind deep into the rainforest. This protected area, which is as large as the city center of Paris, is home to critically endangered gorillas, drill monkeys, and the world\u2019s only confirmed colony of Hipposideros curtus<\/em><\/strong>, the short-tailed round-leaf bat. <\/p>\n\n

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