Florida’s black bear population has risen from a few hundred animals in the 1970s to more than 4,000 today. After years of bear population increases and growing numbers of human-bear conflicts, the ...

Vermont wildlife officials are weighing an expanded bear hunting season as the state’s black bear population continues to ...

The California Fish and Game Commission’s decision to expand black bear hunting raises key questions about how the new rules will work and what impact they could have. The changes are expected to take ...

Florida's black bear population has rebounded, prompting the state to reintroduce a managed hunt. Anti-hunting groups have legally challenged the hunt and encouraged non-hunters to apply for permits.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) will host three virtual meetings in April to discuss a potential black bear hunt. The FWC is considering a hunt because the state's black ...

Florida wildlife officials gave preliminary approval Wednesday for the first black bear hunt since the last one 10 years ago, which was halted early after more than 300 bears were killed in only two ...

A black bear in Florida (Florida Fish and Wildlife, Tim Donovan/FWC) FLORIDA – As the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission continues to analyze the state’s first permitted bear hunt in a ...

Hunters will fan out across Florida beginning today as the first sanctioned hunt of black bears in a decade kicks off amid sharply divided public opinion and efforts by humane advocates to cajole — ...

Florida released proposed rules Wednesday for an annual hunt of the state’s largest land mammal, the black bear, but bear advocates quickly blasted those rules for favoring trophy hunters and said ...