Species arrived from the American West around 2 million years ago, nurtures Florida’s unique elfin oak forests ...

Florida lawmakers are debating whether to replace the northern mockingbird with the Florida scrub-jay as the official state bird. Of course they should. Everyone knows that. The scrub-jay is ...

The Pacific Legal Foundation says the Endangered Species Act does not apply to species — such as the Florida bird — found in ...

We can’t go on slapping it on everything from t-shirts to lottery tickets without embracing the living, breathing bird as our ...

Four conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, filed a request in federal court today to defend critical Endangered Species Act protections for the imperiled Florida scrub jay.

Four conservation groups are fighting to keep the Florida scrub jay on a federal list of threatened species. They filed to ...

A scrub-jay is seen near Ocala, Florida, on March 16, 2011. Mooney wants to designate the scrub-jay as Florida's official songbird. A scrub-jay is seen near Ocala, Florida, on March 16 ...

It is an odd bill in that it does not nominate just one bird as a replacement, but two. Both are worthy candidates for ...

A bill has been filed to change Florida’s state bird from the mockingbird to the flamingo and make the scrub jay the state’s official songbird. A similar bill was filed last year, but did not pass. If ...

Florida lawmakers are debating whether to replace the northern mockingbird with the Florida scrub-jay as the official state bird. Scott Maxwell [ Provided ] Of course they should. Everyone knows that.

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 Florida scrub jay ...