Austin is the FUN capital of Texas. With its university in the center of town, it offers lots of activities, especially ...

Each spring, millions of Mexican free-tailed bats fly from under the Congress Avenue Bridge, but they weren't always welcome like they are today.

Just shy of a mile from the Texas State Capitol, an estimated 140,000 visitors flock to downtown Austin each year to watch a record number of bats take flight. Within the cracks and crevices beneath ...

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 trip, ...

On a chilly day in November, a year-old Big free-tailed bat was minding his own business, doing general bat-like things — flying, swooping, likely hanging out with his family — out in West Texas near ...