Flamingo fans in Florida hope new science and more sightings will help them win over the scrub jay lobby and dethrone the ...

Hurricane Idalia blew a flamboyance, or flock, of 300-400 flamingos that was likely migrating between the Yucatan Peninsula and Cuba off course in August 2023 and unceremoniously deposited the birds ...

Miami native and current Florida House representative Jim Mooney hopes the flamingos' resurgence will sway lawmakers to ...

There’s no doubt that this bird — with its seemingly endless neck, perched on its stilt-like legs one at a time, that eats upside down, filters food through its nose and will only mate under a very ...

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 ...

Hurricane Idalia brought hundreds of flamingos from Mexico to the eastern United State just over a year ago, and it appears some of the birds are lingering in the Sunshine State. Florida has long had ...

University of Central Florida researchers using genetic information say that, with intervention, depleted flamingo populations in Florida can recover. A study led by biology graduate student Jessica ...

When Hurricane Idalia slammed into Florida last August, the Category 3 storm produced an unexpected outcome: a surge in the Sunshine State's flamingo population. The hurricane hit during the flamingos ...