The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is considering approval of a black bear hunt for December and into the ...

At a December Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) meeting after receiving an update on the commission's ...

A state plan to resume bear hunting after a decade-long hibernation has deepened the discord over whether a bear hunt is a ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is expected to make a final decision on a Florida black bear hunting ...

A bear hunt was already on the state's May agenda, but the first documented human killing on May 5 lit a fire under an ...

FWC is meeting May 21 in Ocala to discuss rules for a 23-day Florida bear hunt in December. Follow along for latest updates.

Having grown up in bear country, we thought it would be a good idea to ask one of Florida's original residents about the ...

The proposal includes strict permit rules that would be determined based on bear population numbers in each region of the ...

Florida wildlife officials this week will hear a proposal to create an annual “limited-entry” black bear hunt, with a ...

The University of Florida Veterinary Forensic Sciences Lab played a crucial role in solving the case of the first fatal bear ...

Humane World for Animals flatly opposes any recreational hunt, but says the options on the table for 2025 are particularly “cruel and dangerous” — the organization describes hounding as a “brutal” ...