Florida has approved a December 2025 bear hunting season aimed at managing growing bear populations. The season runs from Dec ...

Barring last-minute lawsuits, the first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade starts this weekend. Here's what to know.

Conservationists protest Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida black bear hunt begins this Saturday, Dec. 6, for the first time in ten ...

Our News 6 team submitted a public records request to the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission to find out how ...

Nearly 200 opponents of a Florida black bear hunt protested at the state Capitol and Fish and Wildlife Commission headquarters. The Sierra Club and other groups are asking Gov. Ron DeSantis to stop ...

Florida's controversial bear hunt is scheduled to take place from Dec. 6 to Dec. 28. A nonprofit organization has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the hunt, with a hearing scheduled for Nov. 24. The ...

Opponents of Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade rallied at the state capitol on Monday amid efforts to try and prevent bears from being killed next month in four areas across the state. In ...

A state-sanctioned hunt to slash rising human-bear interactions may be predicated on a false belief that Florida black bear populations have been growing, according to newly released research from the ...

Florida’s black bear hunt is scheduled to go forward next month despite its unpopularity and a lack of recent population studies to know if the mammal’s numbers are in decline. The Florida Fish and ...