The annual competition to raise awareness and eliminate the invasive Burmese python was held July 10-20, 2025 in the Everglades.

With more than a thousand people moving to Florida every year, the pressure to develop while protecting wild places is in a ...

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

Florida wildlife commissioners voted unanimously Wednesday to reinstate a black bear hunt and approve the rules for an ...

State wildlife officials say a regulated hunt is needed to manage the bear population. Opponents say the new rules will lead ...

Sixty-eight bears will be permitted for harvest from 11 eastern panhandle counties, including Franklin, Leon and Wakulla; 18 bears from 12 Central Florida counties; 46 from five North Florida counties ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Approves 23-Day Hunt to Address Growing Bear Population For the first time in a decade, bear hunting is set to return to the state of Florida. In a ...

This is the first black bear hunt since 2015, when nearly 300 bears were killed on the first two days of a week-long season.

Her name is Taylor Stanberry and thanks to finding and eliminating 60 pythons in July, she's the 2025 winner of the Florida ...

Florida’s wildlife commissioners set aside pleas and arguments from black bear advocates today and approved a December hunt of the state’s shy but increasingly troublesome species. The board’s ...

Since 1990, Orlando Weekly has served as the free, independent voice of Orlando, and we want to keep it that way. Becoming an ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted unanimously Wednesday to establish a black bear hunting ...