In the Florida Gators spring game, freshman wide receiver Dallas Wilson had 195 receiving yards and two touchdowns on 10 ...

Florida named the mockingbird its state bird back in 1927, when the state was much more agricultural and less populated on the coasts. It may not be quite as representative of today's bustling, modern ...

A man allegedly shot and killed a great blue heron and a mallard duck that were on his property, according to the Florida ...

Two bills in the Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a ...

Here's how to help if you see beach-nesting birds on the shore. Also here's tools to watch and track them if you're not at ...

Officials said a man who shot and killed both a great blue heron and a mallard duck in Pinellas County was issued a citation.

The ducks were initially hard to corral because they kept running underground from one side of the street to the other, ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A battle over Florida’s state bird has once again taken hold in the state legislature. Twin bills in the state Senate and House are proposing that the American flamingo and the ...

A heated confrontation between a Florida homeowner and his neighbor over the shooting of a protected bird has prompted ...

Flamingos were common in South Florida until the end of the 19th century, when trends turned to feathers on women's hats and hunters slaughtered millions of birds in the Everglades. The last ...