Spooky season means seeing more bats than usual out in the streets. There'll be paper and plastic bats hanging from front ...

Austin's airport features a bat wall exhibit by Austin Bat Refuge, educating travelers about local bat species.

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 ...

Each spring, millions of Mexican free-tailed bats fly from under the Congress Avenue Bridge, but they weren't always welcome like they are today.

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 ...

A fast-growing city with a cool nightlife scene, you'll most definitely enjoy these fun things to do in Austin at night.

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, ...

AUSTIN, Texas, July 28 (Reuters) - A drought in the state of Texas, where 1.5 million bats are living under a bridge in the city of Austin, has fuelled a bat frenzy with locals gathering each night to ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), white-nose syndrome has killed more than six million bats in just ...

A highly anticipated Texas highway expansion might mean trouble for one of the state's most iconic creatures. Thousands of Mexican free-tailed bats under Austin's Interstate 35 will be displaced as ...

If you're on a tight budget, you'll be happy to discover there are lots of free things to do in Austin, Texas.

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, ...