Bear hunting has long been a controversial issue in Florida, with opponents saying that killing bears for sport won't reduce ...

If the FWC approves, Florida will hold its first bear hunt in ten years. But the agency is taking steps to avoid the problems ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is preparing to launch the state’s first bear hunting season in a ...

The hunt would take place from December 6 to 28, and hunters would participate via a lottery-style permitting process.

The state of Florida is considering a controversial bear hunt this December, which could include areas north of Orlando.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) voted 4-1 to move forward with the state's first bear hunt in a decade. The final decision will be made in August, with the hunt expected ...

The Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission ended four hours of public debate and discussion by voting 4-1 for preliminary rules to guide what would become an annual bear “harvest,” the … ...

The Florida black bear has come back from numbering just a few hundred decades ago to more than 4,000 bears today. It’s a conservation success story by any measure.

Florida wildlife officials this week will hear a proposal to create an annual “limited-entry” black bear hunt, with a December hunting period the first in more than a decade.

Florida doesn’t have a bear population problem as much as it has a problem with suburban sprawl and overdevelopment that has violated the bears’ natural habitat. No bear should have to die ...

JEROME, Fla. (AP) — Florida wildlife officers have killed three black bears in southwest Florida following a fatal attack on a man and a dog a day earlier, officials said Tuesday. DNA samples ...