Bears

The first chance in decades to bag a bear is irresistible to Florida hunters. Sales of $100 permits are soaring, even though animal rights activists are...

Florida wildlife officials are confident the state’s first bear hunt in two decades will move forward despite a lawsuit aimed to stop it. Members of the…

Florida starts issuing permits today for the first bear in two decades. They will be on sale until the start of the seven-day season in October.The…

Environmentalists plan to file suit today against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission seeking to stop the state's first bear hunt in two…

Florida's top wildlife authority says bears represent quote "a great conservation success story" in the state and that it's time move from saving them to…

The Humane Society of the United States on Monday delivered more than 90,000 names of people who, the group says, want Gov. Rick Scott to halt...

Facing a June 24 deadline, animal rights activists made a last-ditch effort Wednesday to convince Governor Rick Scott to halt the first bear hunting...

Black Bears represent a successful come-back story in Florida. Driven to the brink of extinction in the early 1900s, black bears were placed on the…

Hunters are applauding a move to allow bear hunting in Florida. The state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has moved closer to approving a…

In the past decade, the number of bear-related calls Florida wildlife officials have received has increased by 400 percent. To stop the rise in bear population, officials have agreed to start hunting.