Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Northern mockingbird has reigned as state bird for 96 years despite numerous attempts to dethrone it. Once again, a few people ...

The graceful, long-legged American flamingo will join the yearly battle over bills when the Florida Legislature next meets in January. The pink-feathered creature entered the ring this week to join ...

HOBE SOUND — The northern mockingbird has done it again. Known for its ability to vocally mimic at least a dozen other species, the gray and white bird held off challenges for a fourth consecutive ...

HOBE SOUND, Fla. — The northern mockingbird has done it again. Known for its ability to vocally mimic at least a dozen other species, the gray and white bird held off challenges for a fourth ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Chairman Rodney Barreto wants the wildlife agency to renew efforts to designate a “state bird” that is unique to Florida. “The state bird of Florida ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – For nearly a century, the mockingbird has reigned supreme as the state bird of Florida, surviving multiple coup attempts by the Florida Legislature. Once again, a lawmaker this ...

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 Islamorada ...

The mockingbird has been Florida's state bird since 1927, when the state was much more agricultural and less populated on the coasts. The proposed change highlights the state's modern identity and the ...

Once again, a few people are attempting to change state bird from the mockingbird to the scrub-jay. They have no legitimate or justifiable reason for making the change. In the past, they have resorted ...