Discover more about the special animals that each of the 50 states chose, their conservation status, and their significance.

State House lawmakers churned through 48 bills in a late-night session Tuesday, trying to beat the legislature's Thursday deadline for policy-related measures to pass either the House or the Senate.

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Each state is unique for its landscape, culture and various emblems. State symbols like official birds, trees, flags and flowers are common, but did you know some states have some uncommon ones? For ...

North Carolina lawmakers spent the past five months mulling whether to honor various animals and even whether to oust the gray squirrel as the state mammal, a position it has held since 1969. Animals ...

A mammal that was once considered eradicated from the state of Ohio is now colonizing again in the state, biologists say.The Ohio Department of Natural Resources said fishers, a mammal related to ...

Indiana lawmakers have designated an official state snack (popcorn), a state gun (Grouseland Rifle), and even an official state fossil (mastodon). But Hoosier don't have a state mammal — at least not ...

The orca would be the official marine mammal of Washington, joining the apple and steelhead trout as symbols of the Evergreen State, under a bill passed by the Senate yesterday. The bill passed 46-1, ...

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