Flamingo, the most distant outpost in Everglades National Park, offers kayaking by day and stargazing by night. The lodge has 24 rooms with kitchenettes, plus a restaurant and bar.
The new legislative session for Florida lawmakers begins in October, but the first policy bill of the 2026 session has been ...
Quick, what's the official Florida state bird? If you guessed the mockingbird, you'd be correct. However, you'd also be correct if you named the mockingbird as the official state bird of Arkansas, ...
Two Republican House members have signaled they are prepared to continue one of the statehouse’s longest running political ...
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 ...
The graceful, long-legged American flamingo will join the yearly battle over bills when the Florida Legislature next meets in January. The pink-feathered creature entered the ring this week to join ...
For nearly 100 years, the mockingbird has served as Florida’s official state bird. Yes, the mockingbird. Not the flamingo, despite what many people think. But that grievous wrong — which began in 1927 ...
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 ...
Florida state Representative James Vernon "Jim" Mooney has filed a motion to replace the current state bird, the mockingbird, with the American flamingo. Mooney, a Republican who represents Islamorada ...
MIAMI - Flamingos are ubiquitous with Florida. From plastic lawn ornaments to the state lottery, flamingos and Florida just go together. "When people think of flamingos they think of Florida and vice ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — Wildlife agents say you might start seeing more flamingos around Florida thanks to wetland restoration. Wildlife experts say it was common for flamingos to come in from the Bahamas, ...