the RSO behind the adoption campaign for the mascot, encouraged students to brainstorm names for the female bird. The new Kingfisher (right) interacts with the old version of her costume (left) during ...

Every school has quirks, but Jacksonville State University’s mascot might just take the cake—or the coop. If you’ve ever been ...

Since then, students have built the kingfisher’s costume and organized the King’s Guard ... physical strength and international presence of the bird as qualifications for becoming the mascot. “There ...

According to local Everglades folklore, the ibis is the last animal to leave to shelter before a hurricane and the first to ...