The flamingo is undeniably both, and Florida is the only state in the U.S. where it is native. We can’t go on slapping it on ...

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

Actually, it would get two. SB 880, from Sen. Ileana Garcia, R-Miami-Dade, and HB 81 from Reps Jim Mooney, R-Islamorda and Chip LaMarca, R-Lighthouse Point, would designate the pink-feathered American ...

Flamingo lawn ornaments anywhere in the country are a nod to Florida, albeit with a side of shade at times. We are every bit as much the flamingo state as we are the Sunshine State.

Ask anyone about Florida’s state bird, and they’ll likely guess it’s the flamingo. The Sunshine State and the skinny-legged, pink-plumaged bird have become synonymous in popular culture.

Flamingo and seal die of bird flu at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo 00:17. CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo — a seal and a flamingo — died of bird flu last week, the zoo ...

The flamingo is seen as a unique symbol of Florida, while the scrub-jay is the only bird species exclusive to the state. Previous attempts to change the state bird have been blocked by NRA ...

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.

A mockingbird sits on a branch on January 31, 2024, in Kodak, Tennessee. An American flamingo is seen on July 15, 2016, in Miami. Florida state Representative James Vernon "Jim" Mooney has filed a ...

A Caribbean flamingo egg has hatched at a Cornish wildlife sanctuary. Curators at Paradise Park in Hayle said the chick, ...

Why the flamingo should be Florida’s state bird | Opinion We can’t go on slapping it on everything from t-shirts to lottery tickets without embracing the living, breathing bird as our own ...