The Texas capital is home to the largest urban bat colony in the world—roughly 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats live under the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge in downtown Austin.

Bats also draw in tourism to the state. Austin’s Congress Avenue Bridge colony attracts 140,000 visitors each year, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Other big bat-watching ...

HOUSTON, Texas — Bats are falling from a popular bat-watching bridge in Houston, Texas due to hypothermic shock from the freezing temperatures. Freezing cold temperatures are causing bats to ...

The Texas capital is now known as "Bat City," with a festival held each September on the Congress Avenue Bridge. Bats have also been deemed the state's flying mammal for the past 30 years.

under the Congress Avenue Bridge downtown and along White Oak, Sims and Halls bayous. Though there are 33 species of bats in Texas, the most common is the Mexican free-tailed bat. Like individual ...

A bat colony can also be found at the Watonga Boulevard Bridge. Texas is known to be the "battiest state" in the United States due to its large bat population, according to the Texas Parks and ...

Freezing temperatures in Houston sent the bats into hypothermic shock. After being treated for a few days, most were released back to their colonies on Wednesday. By Jesus Jiménez Bats can sleep ...

Austin’s Congress Avenue Bridge colony attracts 140,000 visitors each year, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Other big bat-watching sites include San Antonio’s Bracken ...