UC Davis Professor Hugh Safford was hiking for pleasure in California's High Sierra when he stumbled upon a new elevation ...

State officials are weighing listing the tiny birds as an endangered species, a decision that could have big implications for the farming and renewable energy-focused county.

Across the Davis campus, Erin McGuire's USAID-funded horticulture lab, will also shut down at the end of April. The lab is ...

Sasha Renée Pérez becomes the youngest California State Senator, bringing a history of leadership ... a seed-harvesting workshop, and a “Birds and Seeds” panel that will explore the connections ...

A UC Davis study found that data from iNaturalist and eBird can reliably capture known seasonal patterns of bird migration in ...

Florida named the mockingbird its state bird back in 1927, when the state was much more agricultural and less populated on the coasts. It may not be quite as representative of today's bustling, modern ...

FORT MYERS, Florida (WBBH) — Florida’s mockingbird is fighting to save its title as state bird, which it has held for nearly 100 years, as lawmakers consider replacing it with two other ...

The Florida Senate has introduced Senate Bill 880, which proposes a shake-up in the state's bird designations. The bill seeks ...

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