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

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

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

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

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.

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

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 ...

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

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

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