Florida Wildlife officials recognize that residents may see more bears this time of year because most have come out of ...

An man and his dog were mauled to death by a black bear in Jerome, Florida. The 89-year-old man's death marks the first ...

On May 5, a bear apparently mauled a Collier County man and his dog to death. Has this happened before? How can you protect ...

State wildlife officials will hear a proposal next week to create an annual black bear hunt. The proposed December hunt would ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released a memo providing the first detailed look at what a ...

Video from the scene showed law enforcement officers using both boats and helicopters to respond to the scene and potentially ...

The male bear tested negative for rabies, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said May ... of 6,300 ...

The incident was reported in the area of State Road 29 and U.S. 41, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area.

Officials in Florida confirmed that a man and his dog found dead earlier this month were killed by a bear, a first for the state.

Opponents have argued that hunting doesn’t reduce human-bear interactions and non-lethal options are better to address bear ...

Lab results have connected one of three black bears killed by wildlife officers in southwest Florida to a fatal attack on a ...

The only justification the FWC [Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission] has given for having the hunt is to offer an ...