Check out New Jersey's state symbols and how they came to be. State reptile: Bog turtle. Once as prolific as potholes, the bog turtle at one time could be found in all but three New Jersey counties.

New Jersey Might Get 3 New State Symbols. March 27, 2015 / 10:29 PM EDT / CBS New York TRENTON, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) - A moth, a mineral and an inventor don't have much in common but they might ...

New Jersey is the second state to have a microbe, and the first to have an official bacterium. The Streptomyces griseus became the official state microbe of New Jersey in 2019. New Jersey State Song ...

A moth, a mineral and an inventor don't have much in common but they might soon share a designation as New Jersey's newest state symbols. Lawmakers this week introduced measures declaring the Io ...

A moth, a mineral and an inventor don’t have much in common but they might soon share a designation as New Jersey’s newest state symbols. Lawmakers this week introduced measures declaring the Io moth ...

FRANK: Here’s the dirt on our outdated state symbols. AsburyPark. ... I’d like to see a soil that represents New Jersey’s most precious commodity — the Jersey Shore!

New Jersey has a state fruit — the blueberry — but not a state muffin. However, if a young woman there has her way, the blueberry muffin will take its place among the Garden State’s symbols.

33,623 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others?33,623 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you solve it faster than others ...

• In May, the New York Senate approved yogurt as the state snack, a bill that also is awaiting Assembly approval. • In New Jersey, fifth-graders from Sayreville School District's Samsel Upper ...

Right in the middle of the state, the Pine Barrens cover over 1.1 million acres, making up nearly a quarter of New Jersey. It’s a UNESCO biosphere reserve, home to an ecosystem that doesn’t ...

They lobbied, wrote letters and trekked to Trenton to make their case to lawmakers to make cranberry juice a symbol for New Jersey. And it worked. The state Senate unanimously approved a bill ...

Almost every state lists an official state mammal. For 13 states, it's the white-tailed deer. Here's a full list of the state animals across the U.S.