Every evening, millions of bats swarm out of a single cave in Texas, making it one of the most stunning natural phenomena to ...

There are more than 1,400 species of bats worldwide, and 47 of them reside in the United States. Some states are absolutely packed with these flying mammals, while others have relatively few. For ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In the words of the beloved and viral video, “it’s frickin’ bats!” And in Central Texas, they aren’t just a Halloween-time sighting; they’re a significant part of the ecosystem, ...

Ariana is the assistant news editor of Chron. Her stories focus on space, wildlife, and any weird happenings in Texas. She previously covered community news and breaking news at the Austin ...

There should have been 16,000 bats flying that night in mid-July. Instead, only about 500 remained at the cave in Central Texas next to the Colorado River. The rest had succumbed to white-nose ...

AUSTIN, Texas — August is one of the best times for bat watching, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). TPWD said in August, bat pups are ready to fly out of their caves and ...

Texas bats are dwindling in numbers as a fungal disease spreads among the species nationwide. In 2020, the first case of white-nose syndrome was detected in a Texas bat at the U.S. Army base Fort ...

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 ...

Disaster declarations are declared, hotels are booked up, and Austinites are picking up pairs of glasses for April 8's total solar eclipse. But one cohort doesn't care about the eclipse at all. In ...

Jun. 11—AUSTIN — During recent cave surveys and routine white-nose syndrome (WNS) monitoring, biologists found evidence of WNS in tri-colored bats. This is the first known case of WNS in tri-colored ...