The Florida hunt exposed deep emotional divisions among animal rights activists and hunters. In social media forums and in dueling media interviews, the groups fiercely debated the morals and heritage ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Planning and preparing a whole turkey for Thanksgiving dinner can start days ahead of the holiday itself. But those who want to ...

Trees hang over a boardwalk in the Black Bear Wilderness Area on Dec. 23, 2025. The seven-mile hiking trail, located in Seminole County, is a popular spot to sight the elusive Florida black bear. Most ...

Carl Jackson had a Burmese python encounter like few others on Jan. 13. When he finally contained the invasive snake, he had ...

A Florida man’s morning work commute was delayed after he was greeted by a black bear strolling across his front yard.

Florida’s black bear hunt is scheduled to go forward next month despite its unpopularity and a lack of recent population studies to know if the mammal’s numbers are in decline. The Florida Fish and ...

Florida's recent black bear hunt resulted in 52 bears being taken out of 172 permits issued. Black bear advocate groups purchased 52 of the hunting permits to prevent those bears from being killed.

ORLANDO, Fla. – Most people who won permits to participate in the first Florida black bear hunt since 2015 came away empty-handed. Jeff Nemeth wasn’t one of them. He and his son harvested a 503-pound ...