All the season’s colors made the gray mockingbird seem so majestic,” says Birds & Blooms reader Sujata Roy. In addition to ...

To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator ...

The number of flamingos at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge and across Florida has been rising, giving hope for a ...

It was the morning of Jan. 22 when the fears of Florida wildlife biologists became reality. Reports of a highly infectious new bird flu strain had been confirmed a month prior in Canada, the launch… ...

These small birds are in the midst of their springtime migration, traveling thousands of miles to their homes up north. Migration maps have indicated that some hummingbirds have already made their ...

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

The Florida scrub jay is like a lot of Floridians; the bold bird with a bright sky-blue head and grey underbelly is descended from tourists who never left, and seemingly just wanders into ...

CBS News Miami Live. Florida's mockingbird is fighting to save its title as state bird, which it has held for nearly 100 years, as lawmakers consider replacing it with two other native birds - the ...

Florida lawmakers are considering replacing the mockingbird as the state bird with the flamingo and scrub-jay. This is the eighth attempt in 25 years to replace the mockingbird.

Apollo, an African grey parrot in Florida, delights the internet. Apollo is very verbal — and smart, too. Check out some of his abilities in this cute video.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Senate bill is making its way through the legislature that could change Florida's state bird after almost a century. Senate Bill 880, proposed by State Sen. Ileana ...

For 23 years, Central Florida students have tried to make the threatened Florida scrub jay the state bird. Their primary foe has been gun lobbyist Marion Hammer, who has beat them every time.