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 ...

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 ...

JEROME, Fla. (WFLA) — The partial remains of an 89-year-old Florida man were found in one of the bears Florida Fish and ...

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

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.

An 89-year-old man and his dog have died in a black bear attack in southwest Florida, marking the first confirmed fatal ...

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

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 plan for a Florida bear hunt was well in the works before the fatal attack of a Collier County man. An early draft of rules allows dogs, baiting ...