Two bills in the Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a ...

The Florida Senate has introduced Senate Bill 880, which proposes a shake-up in the state's bird designations. The bill seeks ...

Coastal populations of the western scrub-jays are confiding, tame, and easily seen. Interior populations are more secretive and often are seen darting from bush to bush or are simply heard giving ...

Florida named the mockingbird its state bird back in 1927, when the state was much more agricultural and less populated on the coasts. It may not be quite as representative of today's bustling, modern ...

the Florida Scrub Jay and the Mottled Duck. These are among 42 U.S. bird species that have been placed on “red alert” by the conservation initiative Road to Recovery—and included in State of ...

Stunning photos of a rare bird that is at risk of extinction have been captured by a photographer at Lackford Lakes near Bury ...

Platforms such as iNaturalist and eBird encourage people to observe and document nature, but how accurate is the ecological ...

As development progresses, gopher tortoises are relocated but Florida Scrub-jay are left to fend ... areas for both the jays and migrating birds. The 46 protected parcels include 18 North Port ...