The Great Blue Heron can be seen with its piercing yellow eyes casually holding the gasping rodent in its long yellow bill.

They are seen as symbols of joy, happiness and good fortune. To support their high-energy flight over land and water, ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A battle over Florida’s state bird has once again taken hold in the state legislature. Twin bills in the state Senate and House are proposing that the American flamingo and the ...

Florida lawmakers are once again considering replacing the state’s longtime bird, the northern mockingbird, with two uniquely Floridian species.

Two bills in the Florida Legislature seek to overturn the mockingbird's nearly 100-year reign as the state bird in favor of a ...

Like all nonnative reptile species, green iguanas aren't protected in Florida except by anti-cruelty law and can be humanely ...

You can see them pretty much anywhere in South Florida, taking flight over our skies. Swallow-tailed kites and their very ...

Azzi Fudd and Sarah Strong scored 24 points and 15 rebounds while Paige Bueckers had 17 points in her final game for the Huskies ...

Gators’ Walter Clayton Jr. scores 34 points as Florida beats rival Auburn 79-73 to reach its first NCAA title game since 2007 ...

Sylvia Fowles, who is still regarded by many as the greatest female basketball player to ever come out of South Florida, to be inducted into the Naismith Hall of Fame.