UCF research finds Florida’s American flamingos are genetically native and could recover with conservation support, fueling ...

Hurricane Idalia blew a flamboyance (flock) of 300 to 400 flamingos that was likely migrating between the Yucatán Peninsula and Cuba off course in August 2023 and unceremoniously deposited the birds ...

One of the largest flocks of flamingos in a decade was recently spotted in the Everglades by avian ecologist and restoration scientist Mark Cook. Cook said he stumbled upon a group of 125 American ...

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 ...

When you land at the Tampa International Airport, you can’t miss the 21-foot flamingo. At first, I rolled my eyes; after all, flamingos are always in our face here in Florida. But recently I’ve ...

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 ...

Fellow Floridians, we owe the American flamingo a lot. Let us count the ways. First, and most obviously, we have been using it as our pink mascot for decades. We slap it onto just about everything to ...

MEXICO CITY (WSVN) — A famed flamingo that became a viral sensation after being blown into the Tampa Bay area nearly two years ago by a hurricane has been located. “Everyone will remember that in ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Peaches, the flamingo rescued in Tampa Bay after Hurricane Idalia in 2023, has returned to its presumed original home in Mexico, according to Yucatán Magazine. Flocks of the ...