Mexican freetail bats took up residence about 25 to 30 years ago at McCarran International Airport’s employee parking garage. They roost within 2-inch nooks behind concrete panels lining the southern end of structure. Brett Riddle, a professor for UNLV’s School of Life Sciences There’s no official count of McCarran’s bat population, but they could number in the thousands. The bats primarily eat insects. They’ve been spotted feeding on bugs flying around the light beam shooting from Luxor. Cris Tomlinson, a biologist for the Nevada Department of Wildlife. (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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Las Vegas police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man accused of burglarizing a home in Summerlin in December.
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Here’s today’s local and national sports schedule, including television and radio listings.
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