The Lyonia Environmental Center and Preserve is made up of 360 acres of restored scrub habitat, which is home to threatened species like the gopher tortoise and Florida scrub-jay. The center also ...

So, let’s take a little birding trip to the North Sea, the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. Puffins in cliffs in the Shetlands Islands have been a recent ...

Thousands of volunteers have helped to maintain the trail and protect scrub species The Florida scrub-jay is a threatened bird that depends on sandhill and scrub habitat to survive.

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 ...

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.

Scrub Jay by artist Anthony Burks, Sr. Endangered species of Florida series. Four conservation groups are striving to maintain federal protections for the Florida scrub jay.

Several environmental groups have intervened in a lawsuit that is challenging local protections for the Florida scrub jay.

A Florida scrub-jay. A number of federal appellate courts have previously rejected the argument that the ESA protects only so-called intrastate species. James Lyon/Fish and Wildlife Service.

The Florida scrub jay’s ancestors, along with 10 other bird species, arrived from the American West around 2 million years ago. Of these, only the ancestor of the burrowing owl and Florida scrub ...

Once again, Florida lawmakers are debating whether to replace the northern mockingbird with the Florida scrub-jay as the official state bird.

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

The Florida Scrub-Jay, Florida’s only unique bird species, continues to wait its turn but, year after year, its chances die on the Senate floor.