Two Republican House members have signaled they are prepared to continue one of the statehouse’s longest running political ...

From the beaches to the prairies. From the towns and the cities. From the hills of Tallahassee, the people shout with glee, “The Florida scrub jay is the new state bird!” If only this were true. The ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A bill filed this month aims to change Florida’s official state bird — and the state songbird. Right now, the official state bird is the mockingbird, which was designated as such ...

Florida’s wild icons—from panthers to butterflies—are vanishing fast, caught in the crosshairs of development and climate ...

Small-billed elaenia ( Elaenia parvirostris) are small, greyish birds that live in South America. Unlike most animals we ...

Florida is home to myriad big white birds: egrets, ibis, herons, pelicans, and more. Here's help telling one from the other ...

Global warming is impacting a one-of-a-kind bird species in Florida in a way that is surprising ornithologists, a study found. Populations of the Florida scrub-jay, the only bird found solely in the ...

Islamorada Republican Rep. Jim Mooney hopes so. He just refiled legislation ( HB 11) to make the change, establishing the ...

The Florida scrub jay is a threatened species of bird found only in the desert-like scrub habitats of Florida. FWC In the heart of Florida’s scrub lands in the scorching summer heat, the next ...

John James Audubon, the pioneer field biologist and great bird artist of his time, who created the incomparable anthology "Birds Of America", is seen in this January 1951 photo, taken from an 1851 ...

A hunt for invasive feral hogs on New Year’s Day turned into a rescue of a feathered Florida native that looks like a Dr. Seuss creation, or a faraway exotic species or an escaped zoo animal with an ...

The Pacific Legal Foundation says the Endangered Species Act does not apply to species — such as the Florida bird — found in only one state. The modest Florida scrub-jay has now been enlisted into a ...