The Florida Senate has introduced Senate Bill 880, which proposes a shake-up in the state's bird designations. The bill seeks to crown the American flamingo as the official state bird, dethroning ...

Florida lawmakers are considering bills to replace the mockingbird with the flamingo as the state bird and the scrub-jay as the state songbird. The flamingo is seen as a unique symbol of Florida ...

From the opening credits of Miami Vice, to the lottery logo, to souvenirs of all sorts, the American flamingo is a symbol of Florida. But it’s not our state bird: instead, it’s the Northern ...

My friends and I went on a tiki boat ride to Crab Island for $60 a person. It was BYOB with great views and the best thing we ...

As an alternative to RV or tent camping, visitors to Florida’s Everglades National Park can now check into Flamingo Lodge, the park’s only hotel accommodations. Spanning 1.5 million acres ...

An 84-year-old Lansing man was found dead in the water near a Florida boat slip. The deceased, identified as Tony Vescolani, was discovered in Marathon, Florida on April 18. MARATHON, Florida Keys ...

Backers of the Florida Scrub-Jay point out that it’s endemic to the state, lives its entire life here, and is smart and friendly. The flamingo has its adherents as well. Miami Republican Senator ...

On this barrier island off southwest Florida, Johnson had enjoyed watching the owl family next door, the little male “so cute, flying around gathering ribbon and tinfoil to dress up their burrow ...

We took a tiki boat to Crab Island, a sandbar just off the coast of Destin, Florida. The experience ... and tiki boats mingled with giant unicorns and flamingo floaties. After a fast three hours ...

An Island woman is set to take on the London Marathon. Gemma Fletcher, who works as a cancer MDT co-ordinator at St Mary's Hospital, is fundraising for Cancer Research UK after securing a place in ...