TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A Leon County circuit judge on Monday rejected a request for a temporary injunction to halt Florida’s ...

JUPITER, Fla. (CBS12) — In just a few months, a bear hunt will get underway in Florida. Opponents say they aren't giving up yet though. They're doing what they can to stop it before it happens. State ...

Florida wildlife officials have approved the state's first bear hunting season in a decade as the black bear population continues to grow and encounters with humans increase. The Florida Fish and ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for a far more limited number of permits, including from opponents who are trying to reduce the ...

For the first time in a decade, Floridians will be legally allowed to hunt black bears in the state. The move was unanimously approved by the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission this ...

A black bear lounges in a tree in a neighborhood near Adventure Island in Tampa, Fla., Tuesday, June 21, 2016. Reporter Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade is officially set to move forward ...

Protestors for Florida's reinstated bear hunt are gathering in Tallahassee ahead of a lawsuit to temporarily halt it. Here's ...

Florida wildlife commissioners voted unanimously (5-0) Wednesday morning to reinstate a black bear hunt and approve the final rules for the upcoming hunting season this winter. That regulated hunt ...

You probably know of, have read, or at least have heard of the children's picture book classic We're Going on a Bear Hunt. But did you know that it almost was not about a family going on a bear hunt ...

Hunters killed 368 bears during the first part of New Jersey’s annual bear hunt, a decrease compared to the same time last year, data from the state Department of Environmental Protection shows. The ...