The Bracken Cave Preserve north of San Antonio is home to an estimated 20 million Mexican Free-tailed bats that are vital to our ecosystem. A KSAT crew visited the cave recently to get an up-close ...

The Mexican free-tailed bat is the most common species in the Southwest. ... The free-tails make the Phoenix bat cave their summer home, from which they emerge dramatically each night to eat.

For the love of bats 04:43. 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 ...

The Phoenix bat cave offers a summertime home for Mexican free-tailed bats and a nightly show for visitors. Local Sports Things To Do Politics Travel Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals ENVIRONMENT ...

Like humans, bats are very social and live in groups, which leads to swarms like the one emerging from the Mexican cave. Stock image of a Brazilian free-tailed bat.

Mexican free-tailed bats are highly social and form large colonies such as the one in Bracken Cave. Hoary bats are also migratory, but they’re interesting because they don’t live in groups.

A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats emerge from an abandoned former cotton warehouse owned by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice across from the Huntsville Unit on August 11, 2022.

Mexican free-tailed bats fly out of Frio Cave, Texas, on April 6, 2024. Photographer Babak Tafreshi used a fish-eye lens and soft flashes to create this single-exposure image of 30 seconds.

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 ...

The Mexican free-tailed bat is the most common species in the Southwest. They’re medium-sized and you could hold one between a few fingers. Their fur is usually reddish or dark brown and their ...