Here are the top stories we're following around the Big Bend, South Georgia, Nationally, and your Thursday forecast.

Florida approves first bear hunt in 10 years as population grows from 1,200 to 4,000, despite opposition from environmental ...

For the first time in a decade, Floridians will be legally allowed to hunt black bears in the state. The move was unanimously ...

Come December, Florida hunters will grab their rifles, put on their hunting caps and legally declare that it’s bear hunting ...

California has tried to eradicate ugly South American swamp rodents called nutria. Shooting destructive nonnative mute swans ...

Commissioners of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) have decided to allow black bear hunting for the first time in 10 years within the state of Florida. The decision was made ...

Fifty-five bears in Lee and Collier counties are among 187 targeted in Florida’s first black bear hunt in 10 years.

We think we’re gonna be able to nail the FWC on this.' Seminole County bear interactions had dropped after bear-proofing ...

South Arkansas might have more black bears than thought, according to Arkansas Game and Fish Commission biologists.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has given final approval for black bear hunting in Florida.

Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted on Wednesday to host a proposed three-week ...

The first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade will take place in December under a rule adopted Wednesday by state wildlife officials despite strong ...