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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is poised to have a final hearing on the topic in Havana. Commissioners already voted in May in support of a proposal for a regulated, ...

Florida wildlife officials will meet tomorrow morning to vote on whether or not to bring a black bear hunt back to the state.

Although the odds indicate regulators will OK the first black bear hunt in a decade in Florida, opponents will pull out all ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is set to take a final vote Wednesday on whether to allow a seasonal black bear hunt for the first time in 10 years.

Nicklaus’s position as an FWC commissioner drew scrutiny for his ties to golf course development companies with a history of ...

Waving signs that read “Killing Is Not Conservation,” Florida black bear advocates rallied over the weekend in Central ...

The two recent deaths make Collier County the deadliest area for panthers in Florida this year, according to FWC data.

Florida authorities say they are ready for any scenario that may arise from boating incidents, which officials say are all-hands-on-deck.

Rep. Lindsay Cross, a St. Petersburg Democrat and an environmental scientist, is calling on the Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission bear hunt plan faces strong opposition from conservationists and the public.

If approved, this hunt will be the first in more than a decade, since a 2015 hunt that saw lactating mothers and cubs killed.