From the beaches to the prairies. From the towns and the cities. From the hills of Tallahassee, the people shout with glee, ...

White ibis, the most prevalent wading bird in South Florida, saw significant nesting declines in 2022 and 2023. Overall nesting efforts for most wading bird species were below the 10-year average, ...

As we start the Christmas season, how many of us will hear the joyous “klee-klee-klee” of the raptor family’s very own Tiny Tim — the Southeastern American kestrel? The chirps of these tiny, ...

Hundreds of non-native animal & plant species live in Florida. They prey on native critters & damage native ecosystems.

Audubon said the eagle came from Seminole County on Oct. 11 after it was injured in a territorial fight with another eagle.

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — After several failed attempts over the years to change Florida’s state bird, a legislator is taking another crack at unseating the mockingbird. State Rep. Jim Mooney (R-Islamorada ...

More than three decades after that last known sighting of the red-cockaded woodpecker in the summer of 1994, state and ...

They get their name from their erratic movements, especially while foraging, and are native to South America but spread to the southern U.S. in the late 1990s. According to the USDA, tawny crazy ants ...

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 ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Florida lawmakers will once again consider changing the official state bird in the upcoming legislative session. Senate Bill 150, filed by Republican Sen. Ana Maria Rodriguez ...