Though I like to brag that I’m a Florida boy, born and bred, I must confess that I’ve never seen the state’s sole endemic bird species—the scrub jay. It used to be easy to see scrub jays. They were ...

Warmer winters are leading to increased reproductive effort but lower success. Global warming is impacting a one-of-a-kind bird species in Florida in a way that is surprising ornithologists, a study ...

Hikers and bikers can now reenter Malabar Scrub Sanctuary, after being locked out for almost a year and a half over a dispute with the county about how many trees must go to save the sanctuary's ...

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 ...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY − In a scene reminiscent of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," Monica Folk, an endangered species biologist hired by the county, walked along a sandy path as Florida scrub jays ...

The Environmental Conservancy of North Port needs $15,000 by September 5th to purchase a quarter-acre lot in Englewood, Florida, to protect Florida Scrub-Jay habitat. This would be the conservancy's ...

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 ...

A comprehensive new genetic and statistical study reveals two groups of scrub jays -- one in Mexico and one in Texas -- deserve status as independent species. The paper also uses genomic data to ...

Global warming is impacting a one-of-a-kind bird species in Florida in a way that is surprising ornithologists, a study found. Populations of the Florida scrub-jay, the only bird found solely in the ...