Scrub Jay

On "Florida Matters Live & Local," we dig into a lawsuit in Charlotte County pitting a landowner against federal wildlife protections for the Florida scrub jay and why it could be significant to the Endangered Species Act.

An improvised explosive device found near Tampa’s MacDill Air Force Base has triggered a complex investigation. We hear what’s new.

By Wednesday night, astronauts may be rocketing out to the moon for the first time in 53 years. On “Live & Local,” we get the latest on the Artemis II mission. Plus, the Florida scrub jay faces a legal challenge, and we chat with The Zest’s Dalia Colón.

Lawmakers are reviving a debate about whether the flamingo should replace the mockingbird as the state bird. They also want to make the Florida scrub jay the state songbird.

The gray and white bird held off challenges for a fourth consecutive year in the Capitol to unseat it from its perch as Florida's state bird.

Under the bill, which passed unanimously, the flamingo would be the state bird and the Florida Scrub-Jay would be the state songbird

Four conservation groups are fighting to keep the Florida scrub jay on a federal list of threatened species. They filed to intervene in a lawsuit that could have repercussions nationwide.

Expanded development and lack of prescribed burns have been hurting scrub jay habitats throughout Florida.

The mockingbird is Florida's state bird. These students are saying that honor should go to the Florida scrub-jay.

No more than 9,500 scrub jays are believed to be flitting about Florida, the only place in the world where the blue-and-grayish-brown birds can be…