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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Florida Wildlife Commission officers are investigating an attack involving a black bear in Collier County and the deaths of a ...

On Monday, 89-year-old Robert Markel was found dead about 100 yards from his Jerome, Florida home with injuries "indicating a ...

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

A 1,000-pound female manatee that was recovering at a Florida state park from a boat strike drowned earlier this year after ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife says a bear is believed to have killed a man and his dog in a nature preserve. FWC officials said ...

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.