Florida's bear hunt is on for this December, but the verdict for 2026 and onward is still out. A circuit judge in Leon County ...

Supporters of the hunt point to increased interactions between bears and humans and consequent fears of attacks.

Saying "the First Amendment is not absolute," a federal judge rejected an initial attempt to require state officials to ...

Five out of seven current Florida Wildlife and Conservation Commissioners have ties to the development industry.  Democratic ...

ORLANDO, Fla. - A judge on Tuesday refused to halt Florida’s upcoming black bear hunt, allowing the state’s first hunt in a ...

The beloved sea cows still face many threats, but deaths this year were not as high as in 2021 and 2022, when conservation groups say a record die-off claimed 20 percent of the population.

The bear hunt, the first approved by the wildlife commission since 2015, could lead to as many as 172 bears being killed in ...

A judge has rejected a request to stop Florida's three-week black bear hunt scheduled to begin Dec. 6, in which 172 bears may ...

A lawsuit and a planned protest aim to block Florida's first black bear hunt in over a decade. Opponents argue the Florida ...

A judge rejected a request to halt the state's first bear hunt in a decade after a group was unable to show "substantial likelihood of success on the merits" in its lawsuit challenging the hunt​​.

Turkey tourism is booming in Florida. Who knew the state’s native wild turkey was such a draw, right up there with its ...

Leon County Circuit Judge Angela Dempsey denied the temporary preliminary injunction sought by Bear Warriors United, which ...