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

Residents in a Florida neighborhood were startled when they found a large creature wandering through their yards last week.

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

Read full article: Florida wildlife officials gather to discuss bear hunt proposal A bear is camped out in a tree near the parent pickup loop at Markham Woods Middle School. MARION COUNTY, Fla ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) voted 4-1 to move forward with the state's first bear hunt in a ...

Our bears in Florida do not go away when a person comes out." George suggested a more-structured hunt than a 2015 hunt that had to be shut down after two days when the quota for a week was exceeded.

In southwest Florida, a 263-pound bear mauled and partially ate an 89-year-old man in Collier County earlier this month, believed to be the state’s first verified fatal bear attack.

Florida is poised to open a sport hunting season on black bears this Saturday. It's the first such season in 21 years. And as nearly 3,000 recipients of special bear tags ready their rifles ...