Author: Rebecca L. Bennett
You might not particularly enjoy drizzly days like Portland natives, but you have to admit: it’s easy to be pensive when...
Face it — your kids are cute, but they’re dangerous when they’re bored. Before they transform into gremlins and tear...
We’re willing to bet that you adventurous Austinites are feeling more than slightly stir-crazy with all this rain. Don’t let Mother...
Austin may be known for its numerous live music venues and record stores, but we also have some amazing libraries and...
Stressed or annoyed by the rain? Slightly deficient in vitamin D from the cloudiness? In these dark and dreary days, you...
When it pours, unashamed nerds everywhere flood into Austin’s best local arcades and comic book stores to escape the rain in the form of...
Like many large urban areas and capital cities throughout Texas and the United States, Austin is something of an oasis...
The Shoal Creek Greenbelt might not be as large as the Barton Creek Greenbelt, but this ribbon park boasts an impressive...
There’s no place a dog can’t go at Onion Creek District Park! Every part of this sizable park is off-leash kosher,...
Walnut Creek Metro Park’s off-leash area includes everything an adventurous pooch will need to be happy on an outing: winding...
The hike and bike trail, the grass, and the shoreline near the Long Center, between South 1st St, West Bouldin...
Austin’s 2.5-mile Turkey Creek trail is one of the only off-leash nature trails in the city, and it has everything a...
One of Austin’s favorite off-leash dog parks, Red Bud Isle is 13 acres of natural wonderfulness, reserved just for showing your...
During World War II, Mexican free-tailed bats were the subject of a top-secret research program called “Project X-Ray” that aimed...
As they fly, Mexican free-tails emit a number of differing “calls” at frequencies between 25 and 75 kHz. The sound waves bounce off...
Mexican free-tailed bats are built for aerial prowess. Their streamlined, webbed bodies make them amazing athletes, allowing them to reach impressive...
Mexican free-tailed bats consume agricultural pests that often specifically target sugar cane. By having Mexican free-tailed bats around, Bacardi’s sugar cane...
Playing host to the world’s largest urban bat colony makes Austin an appealing tourist destination. An estimated 100,000 out-of-towners travel...
Bats emerge in groups to make use of that whole “strength in numbers” paradigm. Larger concentrations of bats make selecting...
Female Congress bridge bats are incredible at the whole mom thing. Each mama Mexican free-tail bat gives birth to one pup per year,...
Stinky as it may be, bat guano is incredibly useful to humans. Mexican free-tail guano has long been used in...
Just look at that face. Is that the face of a terrifying, blood-sucking demon? No. Austin’s bats have oversized ears and...
Bat Conservation International (BCI) says that free-tail bats enjoy a nommy diet of flying ants, moths, dragonflies, wasps, gnats, beetles,...
