Great fruit-eating bat (Artibeus lituratus) in flight in Trinidad. Search Google for bats and headlines from around the country include: “Man Touched Bats Because They Were Kind of Cute. His Death Is ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Located in the heart of Austin, the Congress Avenue Bridge hosts the world’s largest urban bat colony. Yet, these bats may not exist without the work of Merlin Tuttle. For this reason, ...

Merlin Tuttle, the world's most famous bat biologist and booster, has devoted his life to studying, demystifying, and helping conserve bats. He's also photographed them—a statement that doesn't begin ...

Merlin Tuttle was doubly blessed. First, he discovered his life’s work while still a teenager. Second, he had parents who encouraged his passion. Tuttle loved bats. No, not Babe Ruth, ...

“We naturally fear most what we understand least,” explains Merlin Tuttle, “and bats are among the least understood animals.” I had asked this veteran bat conservationist why bats meet with such ...

Few creatures scare people more than bats ... and for no good reason, it turns out! Barry Petersen has the cold hard facts: Evening in Austin, Texas ... where nightlife is about wildlife. At times a ...

Humans are often happy to share food with their friends, but what about animals? Contrary to their reputation, vampire bats are surprisingly social and generous, and a well-fed bat will even ...

As the Northern Hemisphere shifts into fall, days grow short and nights grow long. It’s the spooky season and time for Halloween when the imagination drifts to witches, ghosts and things that go bump ...

Bats may be nocturnal creatures, but these bat faces don't deserve to be hidden by shadows. Everyone has an opinion regarding bats, which makes them rather polarizing. When you see a bat face, you ...

On a late summer evening in 2019, a small, flat-bottomed riverboat pulled away from the south shore of Austin’s downtown waterway, Lady Bird Lake. Its destination: the Congress Avenue Bridge, whose ...