{
  "id": 18115390,
  "title": "World's oldest Brandt's bat lives in Estonian cave",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/worlds-oldest-brandts-bat-lives-in-estonian-cave",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-04T11:31:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ERR News Estonia",
    "slug": "err-news-estonia",
    "url": "https://news.err.ee/1610185846/world-s-oldest-brandt-s-bat-lives-in-estonian-cave"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Scientists have discovered the world's oldest known Brandt's bat in the Piusa caves. The find is also the second-oldest bat ever recorded in Europe, across all species.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}