They are questioning the hunting dog rule, rallying supporters on social media and even planning an end run around the bear ...

Anti-hunt activist Chuck O'Neal says approval of Amendment 2 last year makes it possible for him, others to apply for black bear hunt permits.

A black bear stunned residents of a luxury Florida community by lounging in a hot tub and napping under a lanai before being ...

Florida black bear hunting is illegal, but this regulated season could allow for 187 black bears to be killed.

It’s a hunt almost no one in Florida wants. A new poll shows that a supermajority of Florida voters, 81%, do not want a bear ...

Activists are using Florida’s bear hunt lottery to attempt to block legal hunters. Florida’s Amendment 2 could complicate the ...

Ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant offers critical safety tips for campers, hikers, and homeowners as black bear encounters increase.

Increasing black bear populations mean that bears can be found in human-developed landscapes. Here's what to do to keep ...

There were no warning signs or noises as it scavenged through the trash it had dragged to her home in central Florida’s Ocala National Forest. She unknowingly walked right up to the bear she ...

Bear hunt opponents are buying Florida hunting licenses and entering the lottery for bear permits, hoping to reduce the number of bears killed. Chuck O'Neal, an outspoken opponent of the hunt ...