As the sun sets, the sound of bats emerging from Bracken Bat Cave in southern Comal County grows from a few flutters to a rainstorm. By midnight, 10 million to 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats, the ...

Deep in the heart of Texas, deep inside a cave, millions and millions of Mexican free-tailed bats roost together. One square foot of the cave's ceiling can contain more than 500 of them. When it comes ...

BAT CAVE - Nicole Ozmina was at home with her two children and partner on Endey Inn Road Sept. 27 when Tropical Storm Helene hit, trapping the family there for three days before being air-lifted out.

Bats used to be thought of as spooky flying creatures, denizens of nightmares and scary stories – but now we know that they are an incredibly important part of their local ecosystems. They pollinate ...

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas — Very few have experienced it. Most don't know it exists. About two miles down a dirt road, west of Natural Bridge Caverns, is the largest bat colony in the world: Bracken Bat ...

To save the bats of Pennsylvania, Greg Turner wants to build a better bat cave. Turner is a biologist with the Pennsylvania Game Commission. His latest renovation project is a cave under a hillside in ...

Rock formations where the PA Game Commission is trying to create a habitat for bats. To save the bats of Pennsylvania, Greg Turner wants to build a better bat cave. Turner is a biologist with the ...