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 Phoenix bat cave offers a summertime home for Mexican free-tailed bats and a nightly show for visitors. advertisement Story by Jack Armstrong and Vanessa Abbitt, Arizona Republic ...

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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.

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 Utah Division of Wildlife Resources is sharing tips to prevent conflicts with bats, just in time for the summer season, ...

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.

Large colonies of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis (TABR)) are found in the southern United States (US), frequently in populated regions. As a result, they may come into contact ...

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.

Williams and a team of biologists from several agencies and universities have been tracking the annual migration of Mexican free-tailed bats, also known as Brazilian free-tailed bats, since 2008.

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 ...