A bear hunt based on ‘stale’ population estimates risk ‘irreversible ecological loss,’ hunting opponents warn.

A Florida woman has been dubbed the 'new queen of the Everglades' after winning the 2025 Florida Python Challenge's grand ...

Donna Kalil, a contract hunter for the South Florida Water Management District, nabbed 56 snakes during the Python Challenge ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission bear hunt plan faces strong opposition from conservationists and the public.

The number of Python Challenge participants has fluctuated through the years including a high of nearly 1,600 in 2013.

Bear Warriors United argues a new rule gives the FWC executive director "unbridled authority" to create hunting zones and ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is considering reopening Apalachicola Bay to commercial and ...

Less than four months after Florida’s state lands director abruptly resigned amid a controversy about the state trading away ...

Nearly two months after the hasty and controversial birth of “Alligator Alcatraz,” a federal judge has slammed the brakes on ...

The first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade takes place in December under a rule adopted Wednesday by state wildlife ...

Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) voted on Wednesday to host a proposed three-week ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologists Mike Orlando, left, and Alyssa Simmons, right, weigh a dead Florida black bear at Rock Springs Run Wildlife Management Area in Lake ...