The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission will be reviewing proposals in may for black bear hunting later this year.

For the first time in a decade, the the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is working up a proposal for a ...

FWC data provides no evidence that current black bear populations have reached or exceeded the carrying capacity of their habitat anywhere in Florida.

The announcement raised scepticism among activists, who slam the government for increasingly allowing bear hunting in the country, home to Europe's largest brown bear population outside Russia.

The hunt is planned for December 2025 ... nature photographer James Paul Mayo spotted a mother brown bear and her three cubs walking down his street in Collier County. The FWC lists a February ...