A wildlife conservation group has filed a complaint that the state violated state law in how it developed rules for an annual ...

ICE fulfills 'mass deportation now' quotas of detained people in Florida as hunters push for shooting bears for first time in ...

State wildlife officials say a regulated hunt is needed to manage the bear population. Opponents say the new rules will lead ...

The first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade will take place in December under a rule adopted Wednesday by state wildlife ...

For the first time in a decade, Floridians will be legally allowed to hunt black bears in the state. The move was unanimously ...

Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted on Wednesday to host a proposed three-week ...

Florida will hold its first black bear hunt in a decade this December, a decision that has ignited fierce debate over ...

Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade is officially set to move forward after a unanimous vote by the state’s Fish and ...

After Florida wildlife officials approved the state’s first black bear hunt in a decade, wildlife expert Ron Magill became ...

Sixty-eight bears will be permitted for harvest from 11 eastern panhandle counties, including Franklin, Leon and Wakulla; 18 bears from 12 Central Florida counties; 46 from five North Florida counties ...

With good news from the Florida Fishing & Wildlife Conservation Commission, Florida has approved its first bear hunt since October of 2015, nearly a decade ago. And 2015 was an exceptional year.