Now the Egyptian house is a kind of secret garden inside the Bioparco, round and sleepy among scaffolding and wisteria vines.

While numerous shorebirds have wide dispersions, this one is a North American forte, scarcely stretching out into ... along with other animals that share the same environments. Flamingos have long, ...

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

Senate Bill 880, proposed by State Sen. Ileana Garcia (R) in Miami, replaces the state's current state bird, the northern ...

Ileana Garcia (R) in Miami, replaces the state's current state bird, the northern mockingbird, with the American flamingo. It would also designate the Florida scrub-jay the official state songbird.

Ileana Garcia, R-Miami-Dade, and HB 81 from Reps Jim Mooney, R-Islamorda and Chip LaMarca, R-Lighthouse Point, would designate the pink-feathered American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber ...

Freddie Mercury, an American flamingo who gained national fame for his years-long relationship and breakup with another male flamingo named Lance Bass, celebrated his 55th birthday on Tuesday.