Florida lawmakers will get a chance in 2026 to ditch the common mockingbird in favor of the America flamingo as the state bird.

A 36-year-old Venice man was killed Friday evening after losing control of his vehicle while speeding down Flamingo Road, ...

Two identical bills (SB 150, HB 11) would crown the American flamingo as Florida’s official state bird and the Florida ...

Florida lawmakers will once again consider changing the official state bird in the upcoming legislative session.

National Park Service Data Manager and Ecologist Judd Patterson photographed this flock of flamingos in Lake Ingram in 2012, a sighting that helped launch a study that eventually concluded flamingos ...

Once wiped out by hunters and thought to be gone for good, Florida’s iconic flamingos are making a comeback, carried home by ...

"Peaches" the flamingo wades in shallow water with a visible blue band and satellite tracker on the bird's legs. Days after Hurricane Idalia blew through Florida in August, people began sighting ...

Florida lawmakers could again consider replacing the mockingbird as the state bird. Rep. Jim Mooney, R-Islamorada, on Friday filed a proposal (HB 81) that would lead to the flamingo replacing the ...

A 36-year-old Venice man was killed Nov. 7 in a one-vehicle crash, state troopers say. A 2019 Subaru was traveling west on ...

The city of Venice purchased a drainage easement to improve flooding issues in the Golden Beach neighborhood. A study proposed a multi-phased approach costing over $14 million to address persistent ...