Fish and Wildlife plans a short season when anyone with a $100 license could kill bears in designated areas of the state to ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioners voted 4-1 May 21 to have a black bear hunt for 23 days in December, ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has given preliminary approval for a black bear hunt for December and ...

The hunt, the first in a decade, would be held in four parts of the state and could lead to as many as 187 black bears being ...

The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission ended four hours of public debate and discussion by voting 4-1 for preliminary rules ...

A decade after the last state-sanctioned hunt had to be cut short because so many bears were killed, Florida says it’s time for another one.

Black bears were listed as threatened in 2012, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission held an unpopular ...

State officials on Wednesday approved new bear-hunting guidelines that, if approved during the final hearing in August, would ...

Florida released proposed rules Wednesday for an annual hunt of the state’s largest land mammal, the black bear, but bear advocates quickly blasted those rules for favoring trophy hunters and ...

After a bitter loss last year, the Bears, led by sophomore star Tiffany Seeman, edge Niceville 4-3 in a thrilling state ...

Florida’s wildlife agency is advancing a controversial plan to reinstate black bear hunting, ignoring its own conservation ...

The wildlife commission can use the extra money to distribute even more bear-proof garbage cans, which have proven highly ...