Florida can’t decide if its official saltwater mammal is a dolphin or a porpoise0

• Animals, Conservation, Environment, Ocean, SCIENCE, Wildlife
• March 9, 2026

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. States have a surprising number of official symbols. While most people would expect them to have an official motto, seal, and flag, there can also be a state beverage, muffin, soil, fossil, and poem, to name a few.  The