Florida’s state sanctioned bear hunt began over the weekend, and over the next three weeks hunters are expected to take several bears statewide. But critics are concerned that the bear hunt is ...

State wildlife officials claim the hunt is intended to help control future overpopulation of the species Toria Sheffield joined the PEOPLE editorial staff in 2024. Her work as a writer/editor has ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in a decade, hunters armed with rifles and crossbows are fanning out across Florida’s swamps and flatwoods to legally hunt the Florida black bear, over the ...

For the first time in a decade, hunters armed with rifles and crossbows are fanning out across Florida’s swamps and flatwoods to legally hunt the Florida black bear, over the vocal opposition of ...

For the first time in a decade, hunters are fanning out across Florida to legally hunt the Florida black bear TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- For the first time in a decade, hunters armed with rifles and ...

Florida's first bear hunt since 2015 begins on Saturday. State officials used a lottery system to issue permits. Supreme Court to decide constitutionality of Trump's birthright citizenship order Men’s ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says it needs the hunters to help them control the bear population. Conservation groups sued to stop the hunt, arguing that the bear population is ...

They tried suing. Then they tried flooding the lottery system. Now, in a last-ditch effort to thwart the upcoming Florida black bear hunt, a group of bear advocates is offering to pay hunters $2,000 ...