The sound of cicadas humming gives way to high-pitched squeaking. The sky darkens. Some people settle into folding chairs and turn their heads to the sky as little black blobs shoot out of a storm ...

Each night around sunset, in one of the most upscale parts of the city, the bats get ready to fly. They’re Mexican free-tailed bats, a small species found up and down North, Central and South America.

The cost of the notorious HS2 “bat tunnel” has soared to £125m, The i Paper can reveal. Official estimates, obtained under a Freedom of Information request, suggest it will now cost around £25m more ...