Before he had made two jumps George slammed another 180-grain bullet into his chest, and again he stopped but didn’t go down.

The season started Dec. 6, making its return in Florida for the first time in a decade. Last December, FWC staff presented an update on black bears in the state to commissioners. In March 2025, a ...

The Florida hunt exposed deep emotional divisions among animal rights activists and hunters. In social media forums and in ...

Most people who won permits to participate in the first Florida black bear hunt since 2015 came away empty-handed. Of the 172 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (KLFY) — A total of 16 Louisiana black bears were harvested during the second bear hunting season, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries has announced. The harvest ...

More than two dozen species of oak are native to North Carolina. But with a quick glance and some context clues, Luke Ferreira and Spencer Cain can identify pretty much all of them. Not to mention ...

I shed a tear a few weeks ago. That’s atypical for me when something touches my heart about something I feel strongly about. I was sad to learn that former Gov. James Baxter "Jim" Hunt Jr. died on Dec ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida’s black bear hunt ended with 52 bears killed, far fewer than the 172 allowed. Conservation groups say permit buybacks ...

In the spring of 1992, state Treasurer Harlan Boyles received a phone call from Jim Hunt, who was running for an unprecedented third term as governor. Hunt asked the treasurer to accompany him to New ...

Fifty-two black bears were “harvested” during the 2025 Florida black bear hunt, the first of its kind in a decade, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced this week. Members of ...