The goal is to develop tools, like a smartphone app, to help python hunters be more efficient in the field. A quantitative ...

Florida is testing solar-powered robot rabbits to help locate invasive Burmese pythons in the Everglades. Developed by the South Florida Water Management District and University of Florida, the ...

Florida's Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday runs through Dec. 31. See how much you can save on tents, firearms, fishing rods and more outdoor gear. The tax holiday started Sept. 1 and runs through ...

At 10 a.m. Friday, Lance Van Dina was ready. The Sunrise resident opened the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission website and bought 30 tickets in the lottery to hunt a Florida black bear.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission opens bear harvest permit applications for the 2026 regulated bear hunting season at 10 a.m. EDT on Sept. 11. Open submissions will run through ...

Florida is going on a bear hunt again this year. The state Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission recently announced there will be a new bear hunting season that begins Dec. 5 and ends Dec. 28, the ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Hunters in Florida will have a chance to kill more bears later this year than in the 2025 hunt, and once again non-hunters are expected to apply for the permits to undermine the ...

Hunters in Florida will have a chance to kill more bears later this year than in the 2025 hunt, and once again non-hunters are expected to apply for the permits to undermine the planned hunt. The ...

Monkeys hunt for meat — including snakes and lizards — when fruit and vegetables are scarce, reveals new research. The switch to carnivore behavior when their favored food is in short supply ...

Permit applications for Florida's 2026 regulated bear hunting season open in September ahead of harvest dates in December. The applications will open at 10 a.m. on Sept. 11 and may be submitted ...

Florida will accept applications for a 2026 black bear hunt starting Sept. 11. Permits will be issued by random drawing and cost $100 for residents and $300 for nonresidents. Florida black bears were ...

GILCHRIST COUNTY, Fla. — A Georgia inmate is accused of using smuggled cellphones and fake online identities to scam Florida hunters with fraudulent hunting leases. The Florida Fish and Wildlife ...