Florida lawmakers will get a chance in 2026 to ditch the common mockingbird in favor of the America flamingo as the state ...
Florida lawmakers will once again consider changing the official state bird in the upcoming legislative session.
Two identical bills (SB 150, HB 11) would crown the American flamingo as Florida’s official state bird and the Florida ...
But just how important are they? To find out, the Herald - in collaboration with Florida International University's Lee Caplin School of Journalism & Media - followed Tropical Audubon field trip ...
For decades, there's been an effort to change the state bird of Florida — now a mockingbird — to something a little more unique to the state. But pushback has been long and intense. Florida's ...
While America's birds remain under siege, what Florida birds are at risk of endangerment? Here are the four Florida birds scientists are trying to protect. A Florida scrub jay within Oscar Scherer ...
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 ...
American white pelicans breed in Canada and migrate to the United States and Mexico during cold months. But studies using ...
Low water levels in 2004 drew wading birds like this great blue heron to a conservation area west of Broward County. A similar dry season following 2016’s record rain helped make 2017 a successful ...