AUSTIN, Texas — Every March, thousands of Austin residents and tourists look up at the underside of the city's Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue, as they wait for over a million Mexican free-tailed bats ...

One quintessential Austin experience is watching the sun set over the lapping waters of Lady Bird Lake while listening to the high-pitched, yet subtle, chirps of the tiny bats that call the Congress ...

Austin is considered one of Texas' best shopping destinations as well as a great vacation spot for film lovers. The city is also home to quirky and artsy hidden gems, but that's not all the Lone Star ...

Every March, thousands of Austin residents and tourists look up at the underside of the city's Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue, as they wait for over a million Mexican free-tailed bats to swarm away ...

AUSTIN — One of the many perks of living in Austin is being able to watch the bats fly out from under the Congress Bridge at dawn. When the sun sets, roughly 1.5 million Mexican Free-Tailed bats ...

One of the things Austin is famous for is its bat colony under the Congress Avenue bridge, which is considered to be the world's largest urban bat colony. Unfortunately, those bats do not do well in ...

If you live in the Austin area, you're no stranger to Mexican free-tailed bats and their majestic flight from underneath the Congress Avenue bridge. So on April 17, National Bat Appreciation Day, we ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin nonprofit is warning about the impacts that widely available bird repellents can have on wildlife — including Austin’s bat population. The Austin Bat Refuge rescued four bats ...

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect the bats will be moving from the Wells Branch and Howard Lane bridges to the Walnut Creek Bridge. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Bats living under two bridges in ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The past few winters have not been kind to the local bat population. A winter storm three years ago killed at least 3,000 bats in Central Texas. During the most recent cold snap in ...