The U.S. government shutdown is causing confusion about whether our national parks are open and what kind of experience ...
National Park Service Data Manager and Ecologist Judd Patterson photographed this flock of flamingos in Lake Ingram in 2012, a sighting that helped launch a study that eventually concluded flamingos ...
MIAMI - Flamingos are ubiquitous with Florida. From plastic lawn ornaments to the state lottery, flamingos and Florida just go together. "When people think of flamingos they think of Florida and vice ...
Florida lawmakers will get a chance in 2026 to ditch the common mockingbird in favor of the America flamingo as the state ...
Peaches, who was blown into Florida by Hurricane Idalia in 2023, was sighted in Mexico in June 2025. Kara Durda/Audubon Florida Jerome Lorenz, Florida International University Hurricane Idalia blew a ...
This month, December, Everglades National Park, the third-largest national park in the contiguous United States behind Yellowstone and Death Valley, turns 77. From the National Park Service (NPS) ...
Once wiped out by hunters and thought to be gone for good, Florida’s iconic flamingos are making a comeback, carried home by ...
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 ...
Florida lawmakers could again consider replacing the mockingbird as the state bird. Rep. Jim Mooney, R-Islamorada, on Friday filed a proposal (HB 81) that would lead to the flamingo replacing the ...