Barring last-minute lawsuits, the first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade starts this weekend. Here's what to know.

Joel Cleveland beat the odds – 953 to 1, to be precise – to secure a bear hunting permit. He won't be using it, however.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — In spite of opposition from wildlife advocates, the first black bear hunt in Florida since 2015, will ...

Florida's controversial bear hunt is scheduled to take place from Dec. 6 to Dec. 28. A nonprofit organization has filed a lawsuit seeking to halt the hunt, with a hearing scheduled for Nov. 24. The ...

For the first time in a decade, hunters are fanning out across Florida to legally hunt the Florida black bear. The ...

A Leon County circuit judge on Monday rejected a group's request for a temporary injunction to halt Florida's first black bear hunt in a decade. With the three-week hunt set to begin Dec. 6, Circuit ...

A lawsuit and a planned protest aim to block Florida's first black bear hunt in over a decade. Opponents argue the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) failed to use scientific recommendations ...

The real problem, according to hunting critics: unsecured trash cans. Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade will take place as scheduled next month after a state judge on Monday denied a motion by a ...

TALLAHASSEE — A Leon County circuit judge on Monday rejected a group’s request for a temporary injunction to halt the state’s first black bear hunt in a decade. With the three-week hunt set to begin ...

Florida’s black bear hunt is scheduled to go forward next month despite its unpopularity and a lack of recent population studies to know if the mammal’s numbers are in decline. The Florida Fish and ...