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

A new study from Tel Aviv University reveals that the greater mouse-tailed bat (Rhinopoma microphyllum) uses its long tail as ...

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 ...

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 ...

This destination is home to over 15 million Mexican free-tailed bats, which fly each night between May and September. Yet another well-known spot is Houston's Waugh Drive Bridge, where roughly ...

You’ve heard of jazz hands? Well, these bats have glow toes. When ultraviolet light shines onto the Mexican free-tailed bat’s extraordinarily hairy toes, they light up like a Christmas tree.

They’re called free-tailed bats because their tails extend beyond the tail membrane so it looks like a little dog’s tail. The largest bat in Arizona, the Western mastiff bat, is in this family.

WASHINGTON (TND) — Hundreds of Mexican free-tailed bats have been released back into the wild in Texas after wildlife experts helped them recover from hypothermic shock caused by a recent cold ...

When cold weather hits in late October to mid-November, the Mexican free-tailed bats migrate to Mexico, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife. There are more than 1,400 species of bats, ...

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.

At Houston’s Waugh Drive Bridge, an estimated 250,000 to 300,000 Mexican free-tailed bats take flight at dusk. When they do, they form dense clouds that bounce radar signals back.