FLORIDA — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has just released a memo shedding new light on what a proposed black bear hunt could look like in our state. The proposed rules ...

Its the first bear population study conducted in the Lower Atchafalaya river basin – home to one of the state’s oldest and ...

When the author comes face to face with a big black bear, he has a perfect shot opportunity — until his rifle jams.

Tammy Johnson shared this photo with MTN News; the photo was taken by Bruce Werring, and shows three grizzly bears.

Visit this remote island off the coast of Alaska for a unique escape where you can spot rare wildlife and admire impossibly ...

Florida black bear sightings can be reported online to FWC. The last regulated Florida black bear hunt was in 2015. A Florida man was mauled by a 263-pound black bear in May 2025.

Around the same time that the Senate took up the Sunday hunting bill Wednesday, House lawmakers moved to amend another bill, S.B. 1523, which was originally written to allow the Department of ...

The provision comes amid a rise in conflicts between humans and bears, as the number of bear sightings reached 159 out of the Connecticut’s 169 towns and cities, a report shows.

In this photo from Dec. 20, 2016, a black bear takes trash from an overturned garbage can in a Seminole County neighborhood in Longwood, Florida. (Red Huber/Orlando Sentinel via AP) ...

Florida has seven bear management units. Four of them have an increasing number of bears. [ FWC ] As for improving the 2025 hunt … Charge more. The state plans to charge $5 to enter the permit ...

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 ...

Foes of the bear hunt traveled from all over the state to Ocala where the wildlife agency’s governing board convened to a standing room crowd at the College of Central Florida. Many sported ...