ORLANDO, Fla. — Take a stroll through one of the remaining pockets of Florida scrub habitat and listen for a loud, scratchy weep — a sound that distinguishes the Florida scrub-jay from other avian ...

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 ...

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 Florida Scrub Jay Festival is returning to Deltona next month for a fun daylong event coinciding with Lyonia Environmental Center's annual Wildlife Festival. "We’re really glad to have it back ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — For 95 years the mockingbird has reigned supreme as Florida's state bird. A group of high schoolers in Seminole County are leading the charge for the Florida Scrub Jay to take ...

Jonathan Dickinson State Park is southernmost natural habitat for scrub jay in Florida, with an estimated 130 of the birds in park HOBE SOUND, Fla. — The federally-threatened Florida scrub jay would ...