Here's why the Florida football program will finish lower than their initial ranking in 2025's first AP Top 25 poll.

Preseason rankings for 2025 college football campaign are both out. Did the US LBM Coaches Poll or AP Poll get the Florida Gators in the right spot?

Defending state champions Venice, West Boca, St. Thomas Aquinas, Miami Northwestern and Chaminade-Madonna were unanimous No. 1 selections.

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

Florida wildlife officials voted Wednesday to approve the state's first black bear hunt since 2015. The big picture: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission proposed the new hunt last year after wildlife experts said the state's bear population — estimated to be about 4,

For the first time in a decade, Floridians will be legally allowed to hunt black bears in the state. The move was unanimously approved by the state’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission this month, but not without opposition from some conservation and animal rights groups.