Arguing that Florida's decision to hold a bear hunt in December is not based on "sound" science and research, a conservation group​ this week asked a judge for an emergency temporary injunction to ...

Come December, Florida hunters will grab their rifles, put on their hunting caps and legally declare that it’s bear hunting season. Only a decade after Florida’s last bear hunting season, mired in ...

The environmentalists’ strategy may hand at least 39 bears a reprieve from the December harvest, and undermine the state’s planned 172-bear population reduction.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida is set to hold its first bear hunt in a decade this December, with more than 160,000 applicants vying for just 172 permits. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

In this May 17, 2015, file photo, a Louisiana Black Bear, subspecies of the black bear rests in a water oak tree in a neighborhood in Marksville, La. TALLAHASSEE — State wildlife officials next month ...

The Central Florida-based nonprofit Bear Warriors United filed a lawsuit Friday against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, two days after the agency's unanimous vote approving a ...

A Lake County man said the bear entered his home through an open garage door and eventually made its way to the bathroom, where he shot and killed it The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation ...

A Central Florida man shot and killed a bear he said became trapped in his home Friday, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “The FWC was notified of a bear entering a ...

Florida's black bear hunting season will open for 23 days, between Dec. 6 and Dec. 28. FWC will issue 187 permits throughout the state. Each permit holder is limited to take one bear. Come December, ...

Most of the special permits to hunt Florida black bears in December have been claimed, a state wildlife spokesperson said this week, but more than three dozen are reportedly in the hands of hunt ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said no injuries were reported A Florida homeowner shot and killed a bear that broke into his house on Sept. 19 A Lake County man said the bear ...