For the first time in Florida’s history a person died as the result of a black bear attack. After investigating the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed in a release that Robert ...

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

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

The BriefA proposed December black bear hunt would mark Florida’s first in a decade. Future seasons would be expanded from ...

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

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

Robert Markel's daughter called 911 to report a bear attacking his dog. When first responders arrived, they found the 89-year ...

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 ...

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

A man made a desperate 9-1-1 call after getting attacked by a bear in his backyard in Santa Rosa County early Thursday morning ...

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

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.