Florida released proposed rules Wednesday for an annual hunt of the state's largest land mammal, the black bear, but bear ...

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

Black bears are notorious browsers but one took things too far when it showed up at a Florida Lowe’s store during business hours, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says. The bear ...

Florida wildlife officials hauled a dead bear from the woods shortly before 9 p.m. May 5. Officials said the dead bear would ...

A massive black bear, weighing close to 300 pounds, is believed to have recently mauled to death an 89-year-old Florida man ...

Authorities were searching Monday for a black bear that killed a man and a dog in South Florida. The attack occurred in a ...

Officials say lab results have connected one of three black bears killed by wildlife officers in southwest Florida to a fatal ...

The Self Defense Act of 2024 allows for the taking of bears, without any penalties, under specific circumstances.

In 2015, the state of Florida gave hunters seven days to harvest 300 bears. It was the first bear hunt allowed in the state ...

The daughter saw a bear attack the dog, then her father was found dead from an attack that likely happened earlier, the FWC ...

The state’s wildlife agency will test the bears’ DNA to determine if any of them had attacked and killed an 89-year-old man.

The attack occurred in a rural area east of Naples, just south of Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area, authorities said.