Wandering the sandy scrub habitat of Deltona’s Lyonia Preserve, traversing rolling dunes filled with short oaks and prickly pear cactus, Stephen Kintner greets resident Florida scrub-jays as if old ...

Once again, Florida lawmakers are debating whether to replace the northern mockingbird with the Florida scrub-jay as the official state bird. Of course they should. Everyone knows that. The scrub-jay ...

The Florida scrub jay is like a lot of Floridians; the bold bird with a bright sky-blue head and grey underbelly is descended from tourists who never left, and seemingly just wanders into political ...

MELBOURNE, Fla. – If you’ve never tried wildlife photography on a cold, windy, raining Florida day… congrats on your mental stability. And of course, the day I’m chasing it around, the weather decided ...

From the beaches to the prairies. 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 ...

In a legal battle that could have implications for the Endangered Species Act, a young tech entrepreneur is facing off against federal wildlife officials over building on scrub jay habitat in Punta ...