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

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

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

A man was hospitalized with injuries following a bear attack in Gulf Breeze Thursday morning.It happened around 2 a.m.in the ...

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

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

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

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.

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

An 89-year-old man and his dog were killed in a suspected black bear attack in Jerome, Florida. The incident is potentially Florida's first ever fatal bear attack on record. Authorities captured a ...