Mexican free-tailed bats belong to a family called Molossidae, and all the bats in this family have what scientists call “spoon-shaped bristles” on their outer toes.

Mexican free-tailed bats are nocturnal and usually start feeding around dusk. Like most bats Mexican free-tailed bats can see, though they do use echolocation to help spot their prey.

While the Mexican Free-tailed bats are the main tenants, they aren’t the only bat species in our area. Wildlife biologist Jeremiah McKinney is conducting an acoustic survey at Natural Bridge ...

If they hear another bat about to move in on a morsel, Mexican free-tailed bats will send out a well-timed counter-call. This jamming signal, which has the wavering, up-down quality of a police ...

Mexican free-tailed bats belong to a family known as Molossidae, and all the members of this family “have what are termed ‘spoon-shaped bristles’ along the outer edges of toes 1 and 5 ...

The Mexican Free-tail bat weighs only half an ounce, but has an 11 ... Bats reside about 1/2 mile inside the cave hanging in close groups 30-80 feet above the cave floor, but they are ...

You may be asking yourself if the Austin area bats are okay during freezing temperatures. When cold weather hits in late October to mid-November, the Mexican free-tailed bats migrate to Mexico ...

Approximately 20 million Mexican free-tailed bats — the largest colony in the world — live just north of San Antonio in the Bracken Bat Cave.

Mexican freetail bats took up residence about 25 to 30 years ago at the employee parking garage at McCarran International Airport. VIEW E-EDITION. 25¢ for 3 mos. Support local journalism.

Mexican free-tailed bats are nocturnal and usually start feeding around dusk. Like most bats Mexican free-tailed bats can see, though they do use echolocation to help spot their prey.