Mexican free-tailed bats emerge from North Campbell Ave. bridge over the Rillito River July 12, 2008. The bats take flight just after sunset to feast on insects.

Bats on the WingA Mexican free-tailed bat comes in for a close-up as it leaves its cave to hunt. Every night from March to October, 1.5 million of these bats stream out from beneath a bridge in ...

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Eighty bats found dead or dying under an east-side bridge Dec. 27 were shot with a BB gun, Arizona Game and Fish Department officials have concluded. Necropsies performed on 15 of the Mexican free ...

Today, the Bat Cave is off limits with the exception of researchers looking to study the Brazilian Free-tailed Bats with a population estimated at about 400,000.

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The bats mate during winter in Mexico. Each spring, they return north to the same caves at Carlsbad. This yearly journey ...

Bats. Image by CreativeNature via Depositphotos. Bracken Cave is home to the largest bat colony in the world. Each year, between 15 and 20 million bats find sanctuary in its depths, making it one of ...

For bats it is the time to rest in some secluded shelter, hang head down, groom, sleep, and perhaps even quarrel. When night approaches, bat activity increases; they fly about inside their cave then ...