A sign paid for by Bear Warriors United is displayed in May on a digital billboard near the site of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission meeting in Ocala, where commissioners ...

HAVANA, Fla. — Bear Warriors United, a nonprofit advocacy organization, filed a lawsuit against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission in opposition to the Florida black bear hunt.

FLORIDA, USA — A nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting Florida wildlife has filed a petition against the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission over the recent approval of the ...

Bear Warriors United argues a new rule gives the FWC executive director "unbridled authority" to create hunting zones and issue permits without scientific facts. Nine teens arrested after brutal ...

OVIEDO, Fla. – A Central Florida-based conservation group is fighting in court against a planned black bear hunt scheduled for December. Bear Warriors United filed a petition last week with the ...

As Florida’s wilderness shrinks by the day, conservationists around the state, including in Manatee County, are in a race against the clock to protect some remaining pieces from being paved. Conserved ...

Florida Natural Areas Inventory tracks conservation across 67 counties. Miami-Dade County ranks fourth with 69% of land under conservation status. Monroe County leads the state with 97% of its land ...

In a state with such iconic megafauna as the Florida panther and the American alligator, the shy, reclusive Florida black bear is often overlooked. Until there’s trouble. In less than two weeks, the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The North Florida Land Trust (NFLT) has expanded its conservation efforts by purchasing over 79 acres in Bradford County, Florida, within the Ocala to Osceola (O2O) Wildlife ...

A Florida federal judge Wednesday refused to allow conservation groups to intervene in a lawsuit to help defend a rule aimed at protecting endangered North Atlantic right whales, after the groups ...