AUSTIN, Texas — Every March, thousands of Austin residents and tourists look up at the underside of the city's Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue, as they wait for over a million Mexican free-tailed bats ...

I had been to Texas countless times but had never visited Austin, the state’s capital. My wife had not been there either and heard there was a direct flight from Palm Springs. So, she arranged a trip, ...

Spooky season means seeing more bats than usual out in the streets. There'll be paper and plastic bats hanging from front porches and taped to railings as part of Halloween decorations, and surely the ...

Tucked away on the outskirts of Texas Hill Country, the ominously-named Devil's Sinkhole State Natural Area is two destinations in one: a geological wonder and a place to witness a mesmerizing natural ...

BOERNE, Texas – We’ve grown to love our local bats. The Mexican free-tailed bat, which roosts under our freeways and in caves, even shows up on radars during their evening mass exodus to find food and ...

On a chilly day in November, a year-old Big free-tailed bat was minding his own business, doing general bat-like things - flying, swooping, likely hanging out with his family - out in West Texas near ...