Bats are incredibly important to the South Texas ecosystem.

Christmas at the Caverns will take place Dec. 2, 3, 9, 10, 15-23 and 26-30.

You no longer have to travel to the San Antonio area to see the world’s largest bat colony — you can catch the action on your phone or desktop thanks to the Bat Channel.

The world’s largest bat colony can be found just 20 minutes outside of San Antonio and there are select dates over the summer when you can visit.

A haunting image of red dresses hung on crosses along a roadside, with a rainbow in the background, commemorating children who died at a residential school created to assimilate Indigenous children in Canada has won the prestigious World Press Photo award.