Austin's annual Bat Fest took place over the weekend, celebrating the world's largest urban bat colony. The festival highlighted the Mexican Free-Tailed bats, which reside under the Congress Avenue ...

The city of Austin is deeply intertwined with Longhorns football, live music, tacos and cowboy boots. It also has the moniker “Bat-City,” courtesy of the largest urban bat colony in the world that ...

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 ...

Just shy of a mile from the Texas State Capitol, an estimated 140,000 visitors flock to downtown Austin each year to watch a record number of bats take flight. Within the cracks and crevices beneath ...

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, ...