Bird flu, a virus that has plagued America’s dairy and poultry industries and occasionally jumped to humans, has unique potential to spread in South Florida because of our climate, which allows ...

The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on ...

(courtesy, Hilary Flower) Sure, the Northern mockingbird, our current state bird, is pretty cool. But Florida’s state bird? Florida has more tropical and unusual birds than any state short of ...

About 80 percent of a black bear’s diet comes from plants (fruits, nuts, berries), 15 percent from insects (termites, ants, ...

From the towns and the cities. From the hills of Tallahassee, the people shout with glee, “The Florida scrub jay is the new state bird!” If only this were true. The Florida scrub jay ...

A lawmaker in Florida has filed a bill to make the flamingo the official state bird. Newsweek has contacted Florida's Department of State for comment via email. The mockingbird has been Florida's ...

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — Two baby bald eagles died from bird flu this week in southwest Florida, according to local wildlife experts. The pair of eagles were known as E24 and E25. WATCH BELOW ...

Andrew West The News-Press / USA TODAY NETWORK Ask anyone about Florida’s state bird, and they’ll likely guess it’s the flamingo. The Sunshine State and the skinny-legged, pink-plumaged bird ...

The quality of value-priced noise canceling headphones continues to improve, so you can find good affordable headphones for less than $100. But the premium models, which offer better build quality ...

Birds are always up to something, and these entries captured an array of avians doing everything from impaling prey to ...

As South Florida enters a warmer and drier February, local farmers are closely monitoring conditions to ensure a continued ...