We gathered expectantly in front of a large steel door, a group of about 20, waiting to enter Mystery Cave. It is the longest ...

A Helena Park Elementary School student has been selected to travel to Austin/San Antonio to take part in a summer 2025 Lone ...

Federal funding through NeighborWorks Laredo is providing critical repairs and weatherization for dozens of rural South Texas ...

I had been to Texas countless times but had never visited Austin, the state’s capital. My wife had not been there either and heard there was a direct flight from Palm Springs. So, she arranged a ...

Texas has notable bat colonies, including roughly 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats that live under the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge in downtown Austin.

AUSTIN, Texas — Every March, ... Elsewhere in the state, you can also see the world's largest bat colony at Bracken Cave in Comal County, just over 60 miles from Austin.

A teenager photographs Mexican freetail bats as they emerge from Bracken Cave near San Antonio, Texas. In the summer, it is home to 15 million bats, the largest colony in the world.

On your next getaway, you can explore the world under the earth’s surface that never sees the light of day. From cave kisses ...

Jun. 11—AUSTIN — During recent cave surveys and routine white-nose syndrome (WNS) monitoring, biologists found evidence of WNS in tri-colored bats. This is the first known case of WNS in tri ...

Ernest Cline, the author of 'Ready Player One,' makes his middle grade debut with 'Bridge to Bat City,' inspired by the real-life colony of Mexican free-tailed bats living in Austin.