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

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

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

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

To participate in this bear hunt, people will need to apply for a bear harvest permit and pay a non-refundable fee.

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

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

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

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

A male black bear (not the one pictured) broke into a man’s home in rural southwest Florida and mauled him to death, ...

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