You might think Americans wouldn’t care much about what’s on their state flags. But studying state identities has taught me ...

California has an official state amphibian (red-legged frog), crustacean (Dungeness crab), dinosaur (Augustynolophus morrisi) ...

The Oregon Legislature, meanwhile, is considering adopting the T-bone steak as an official symbol. And there's a proposal in California to name Bigfoot the state's official cryptid — a creature ...