The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) confirmed a black bear cub was found shot and killed in Salt Springs, which is near the Ocala National Forest. The homeowner who found ...

Florida is famously one of the most nature-rich states in the U.S., but this National Forest is perhaps even more beautiful ...

A decade after the last state-sanctioned hunt had to be cut short because so many bears were killed, Florida says it’s time for another one.

Amid support from hunters and warnings of a “slaughter” from animal-rights advocates, state wildlife officials Wednesday ...

The proposal includes strict permit rules that would be determined based on bear population numbers in each region of the ...

Florida wildlife officials this week will hear a proposal to create an annual “limited-entry” black bear hunt, with a ...

It also says most vehicle-bear collisions occur around Ocala National Forest. The estimated population of the Florida black bear, a subspecies of the American black bear, stood at 4,050 in 2014-15 ...

Dozens of protestors lining both sides of Silver Springs Boulevard adjacent to the Ocala downtown square on May 17 drew a lot of honks and a few signs of ...

The original plan was to humanely trap the bear and relocate it to the Ocala National Forest. Simmons said that while he doesn't have firsthand knowledge of an incident like this previously ...