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

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

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.

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 ...

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

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

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

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

After a woman was killed by an alligator while she was canoeing with her husband in central Florida, questions remain on ...