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 ...

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 ...

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

The partial remains of an 89 year-old Florida man were found in one of the bears Florida Fish and Wildlife officials captured ...

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

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.

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

Florida wildlife officials are proposing a three-week bear hunt later this year, aiming to remove 187 bears out of an estimated population of 4,000. Supporters of the hunt argue it is a necessary ...