Currently, the bird is protected under the Endangered Species Act. Earthjustice represents the groups. Earthjustice, which ...

Several environmental groups have intervened in a lawsuit that is challenging local protections for the Florida scrub jay.

Once again, Florida lawmakers are debating whether to replace the northern mockingbird with the Florida scrub-jay as the official state bird. Of course they should. Everyone knows that. The scrub ...

It is an odd bill in that it does not nominate just one bird as a replacement, but two. Both are worthy candidates for ...

Two conservationists with the Flamingo Working Group write that the American flamingo — a long lost Florida native that is ...

Four conservation groups, represented by Earthjustice, filed a request in federal court today to defend critical Endangered Species Act protections for the imperiled Florida scrub jay.

which has been the state’s bird since 1927. The bill also would name the Florida scrub jay as the official state songbird. The bill is filed for the legislative session that will start March 4.

The mockingbird has been the state’s bird since 1927. Under Polsky’s bill, the young people would be surveyed about the mockingbird, the American osprey, the Florida scrub jay, the American ...

Four conservation groups are fighting to keep the Florida scrub jay on a federal list of threatened species. They filed to ...

Once again, Florida lawmakers are debating whether to replace the northern mockingbird with the Florida scrub-jay as the official state bird. Scott Maxwell [ Provided ] Of course they should.