The sound of cicadas humming gives way to high-pitched squeaking. The sky darkens. Some people settle into folding chairs and turn their heads to the sky as little black blobs shoot out of a storm ...

Local bat populations are getting attention in the Phoenix area due to a recent mosquito surge ahead of Halloween.

Each night around sunset, in one of the most upscale parts of the city, the bats get ready to fly. They’re Mexican free-tailed bats, a small species found up and down North, Central and South America.

Forget birdhouses — starting Wednesday, workshops at the Phoenix Bat Cave can show you how to build a bat house in your own front lawn. But if the idea of hosting bats is a little much, the Bat Cave ...

What to know about Phoenix's bat cave and how to watch the bats emerge The Phoenix bat cave is on the north bank of the Arizona Canal, several hundred yards west of 40th Street, north of Camelback ...

A homeowners association in Chandler is telling Steve Pate he has to get rid of his bat cave; it quite literally houses bats, and the association calls it a "nuisance." He believes he's doing the ...

DPS said its troopers are working to assist ICE agents with an incident on I-17 near Dove Valley Road. David and Gina have the latest on the breaking news. Mesa Police confirmed this was an ...

PHOENIX — A bat sampled by biologists at Fort Huachuca near Sierra Vista in 2024 tested positive for the fungus that causes white-nose syndrome (WNS) disease in bats. The bat, a cave myotis, was found ...

Estimates say as many as a million bats may hibernate inside the Millie Mine shaft. Here's when you can see them take flight.

A fungus responsible for killing millions of bats across North America has been confirmed in Arizona for the first time, state wildlife officials announced Thursday. Samples collected from a cave ...