Southwest Florida is home to many unique animals, from colorful birds and curious reptiles to top predators like the Florida ...

In total, 150 avian species call this state park home, including the showy Florida grasshopper sparrow, white-tailed kite, short-tailed hawk, Florida scrub-jay, Florida burrowing owl, and more.

South Florida Bird Migration Starts With Some Unruly Starlings. September 12, 2021 / 12:19 PM EDT / CBS Miami ... To attract more amenable migrating birds, such as colorful warblers, ...

Since 1927, the official state bird of Florida has been the northern mockingbird. You're probably thinking the same thing as I am — the mockingbird, with all due respect, seems a little uninspiring.

SEAHORSE KEY, Fla. --The din created by thousands of nesting birds is usually the first thing you notice about Seahorse Key, a 150-acre mangrove-covered dune off Florida's Gulf Coast. But in May ...

Since late 2023, a group of the colorful birds has been residing at the refuge, a sign they may be giving Florida a second chance after their numbers were decimated by humans in the early 1900s ...

From the opening credits of Miami Vice, to the lottery logo, to souvenirs of all sorts, the American flamingo is a symbol of Florida. But it’s not our state bird: instead, it’s the Northern ...

Hurricane Idalia displaced an estimated 10,000 people when it struck north Florida last month - and apparently, directed flamingos into a corner of Alabama far from where they might otherwise be seen.

LONGBOAT KEY, Fla. -- Kip O'Neill is worried that peacocks will ruin her family's Christmas. Her Gulf coast neighborhood is overrun with them: large, regal, noisy, messy birds. Some mornings, O ...