Despite this tepid welcome, in the last few years flamingos have started to resettle in the state quietly. As large and showy ...

Once again, Florida lawmakers are debating whether to replace the northern mockingbird with the Florida scrub-jay as the ...

A proposal has been filed that would lead to the flamingo being designated as Florida’s bird. A separate proposal would ask ...

The first time I saw a Cape Sable seaside sparrow in the Everglades, I was not impressed. This was in 1999, back before there ...

Both are dark-colored water birds that dive for fish in Florida, but they have several differences that can help you tell them apart. Anhinga have a long, pointed beak used for spearing prey ...

Three dolphins in the Indian River Lagoon died after contracting bird flu, tests show. Scientists are now trying to figure ...

Climate change makes migration harder, adding more stress to an arduous journey that can exceed thousands of miles, including along the East Coast.

Florida adopted the mockingbird as its state bird in ... they worried it would make it harder to develop land where the tiny, ...

The caracara, which can grow to 2 feet tall, co-exists amiably with cows on Florida’s ranches and eats everything from frogs ...

Florida state Representative James Vernon "Jim" Mooney has filed a motion to replace the current state bird, the mockingbird, with the American flamingo. Mooney, a Republican who represents ...