ST. PETERSBURG — Florida’s first bear hunt in a decade drew more than 160,000 applicants for a far more limited number of ...

The president of Bear Warriors United has applied for 550 bear hunt permits in hopes of keeping them from hunters.

Two Miami men and their hunting dogs were killed by an apparent lightning strike in Highlands County, prompting safety ...

BREVARD COUNTY, FL ( WESH) -- One man has been charged, and three others have warrants for their arrests in a ring of gator ...

A Florida man is facing 13 felony charges after investigators say he turned his airboat into a poaching platform, capturing and killing alligators.

A group of suspects are facing charges after authorities said they uncovered an alligator poaching ring in Florida thanks to ...

The names of two men have been released after they were apparently struck and killed by lightning in Central Florida earlier ...

State wildlife officers say three more people are tied to an illegal alligator harvesting case that has already led to the ...

Officials said Jacob Latreille, 21, was involved in several incidents in April where alligators were unlawfully taken.

Two men and two hunting dogs died after an apparent lightning strike near Rucks Dairy Road in southeast Highlands County.According to the Highlands County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called to the ...

HIGHLANDS COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) — Two men from Miami and their two hunting dogs were killed by an apparent lightning strike in Highlands County.