Thursday morning, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted to approve preliminary guidelines that would ...

A lifelong Apalachicola resident is recovering after a crash this week on the John Gorrie Bridge. 64-year-old Becky Shuler ...

A lifelong Apalachicola resident is recovering after a crash this week on the John Gorrie Bridge. Pirro Loses Her Cool With ...

Florida's Wildlife Commission approved a black bear hunting season for December, facing immediate legal challenges from ...

A renowned photographer and pioneer of the Florida Wildlife Corridor campaign expresses his thoughts about managing the bear population.

It’s a “Thumbs Up Thursday” as drier conditions finally return after a stretch of excessive rainfall. The morning starts off mainly dry across the nine-county viewing ...

Despite emotional pleas from animal-rights advocates, Florida wildlife officials on Wednesday approved a 23-day black bear ...

The hunt will take place in four regions of the state and use a lottery process for hunters to obtain permits.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved rules for the state’s first bear hunt in more than a decade.

State experts estimate about 4,000 Florida black bears now roam the peninsula with the largest subpopulation in Central Florida. The rules approved with little discussion by wildlife commissioners set ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission approved rules for the state’s first bear hunt in more than a decade.

The 187-bear quota is based on a formula. The hunt is planned to be limited to 68 bears in the Apalachicola region west of Tallahassee; 46 in areas west of Jacksonville; 18 in an area north of Orlando ...