In this Sept. 9, 2015, file photo, a Florida scrub jay perches on lantana in Seahawk Park, Cape Coral, Fla. UIG via Getty Images.

One recent morning scrub jays greeted me as they usually do at Oscar Scherer State Park. I've been photographing the wildlife and vegetation there because I realize what fragile entities the ...

DEAR JOAN: I have a scrub-jay in my yard that appears to have some kind of foot disease. Do you have any idea what it is? Sharon Waterman Bay Area DEAR SHARON: From the pictures you sent, I’d ...

A Florida scrub-jay rests on the head of Navya Sharma, a senior at Seminole High School, during a recent visit to Lyonia Preserve in Volusia County.

The scrub jay was listed as a Threatened species by the federal Endangered Species Act in 1987, and over the next decade Florida birders, environmentalists, ...

The nonprofit started in the spring of 2020 in North Port, targeting Florida Scrub-jay habitat. It quickly expanded to include land in unincorporated Sarasota and Charlotte counties.

The scrub jay research may be the station’s best-known, but it’s one movement in a symphonically complex opus seeking to illuminate Florida’s wild places and their inhabitants.

Efforts to make the Scrub-Jay Florida’s state bird have been on-going since the 90s but have historically met a powerful foe in former National Rifle Association President Marion Hammer.