A highly controversial and regularly reappearing piece of legislation has been pre-filed ahead of the Floria Legislature’s ...

An American flamingo is seen plying the flats on Cudjoe Key in 2020. A proposed bill by Rep. Jim Mooney, R-Islamorada, could ...

Readers have a lot to say – about everything from scrub-jays and Florida’s SAT scores to Orlando hospitals and one, ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Republican Rep. Jim Mooney filed a bill last Friday that would designate the American flamingo as the ...

Florida lawmakers have been dissing the scrub-jay for 26 years now. It’s time for Florida’s only uniquely native bird to play ...

A bill to make the flamingo the Florida state bird and scrub-jay the state songbird could finally make that happen.

For the state's 2024 legislative session, Mooney filed a bill on Dec. 6, 2023 with the same purpose of replacing the ...

Even small yards deserve the abundant wildlife that oaks can bring. This small, drought-resistant species is perfect for ...

Florida lawmakers could again consider replacing the mockingbird as the state bird. Rep. Jim Mooney, R-Islamorada, on Friday ...

A state representative from the Florida Keys has filed a bill to make the American flamingo Florida's official state bird.

Florida lawmakers could again consider replacing the mockingbird with the flamingo as the state bird. The scrub jay would ...

Republican Representative Jim Mooney filed House Bill 81 on Jan. 3 proposing to make the American flamingo the state bird, ...