The Texas Land Office has sued the federal government over the species' endangered status, saying it threatened "state ...

Florida lawmakers are considering replacing the mockingbird as the state bird with the flamingo, reigniting a debate about ...

According to the American Bird Conservancy, mockingbirds live in more than half of the continental U.S. Flamingos, on the other hand, are mostly found in Florida and throughout the Caribbean except in ...

Scrub jay supporters note their candidate is uniquely Floridian, and unlike the flamingo or mockingbird, it never leaves the state. Flamingos got some exposure when Hurricane Idalia in 2023 flung ...

Gavin Newsom declared a state ... bird population in South Carolina in January 2022 then in California six months later. In March, an outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows was first reported in Texas ...

California Governor Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency in response to an outbreak of Avian influenza A (H5N1), commonly known as bird flu ... detection in Texas and Kansas in March ...

The bird, which had been exhibiting unusual behavior, was reported to Texas City Animal Control by a resident and subsequently died. The Department of State Health Services in Austin conducted the ...

Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Wednesday to ... analysis for the California Milk Advisory Board. Bird flu was first detected in Texas dairies in the spring after officials believe ...

The emergency declaration allows the governor to release state funds and other resources ... To date this year, 61 human cases of bird flu have been confirmed in the U.S. The virus isn’t known ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an emergency proclamation on Wednesday in response to growing concerns over bird flu cases in the state and across the country. The State of Emergency ...