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 ...

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

A massive black bear, weighing close to 300 pounds, mauled to death an 89-year-old Florida man and his faithful dog — the ...

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

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

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

A man and dog were killed in a black bear attack May 5, 2025 in Collier County, Florida. It's the second bear attack this ...

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

Studies have also found that black bears have natural ways to self-regulate if population experiences a strain on available food resources." Despite strong opposition to Florida bear hunt ...

According to the commission, Florida is home to more than 4,000 black bears, some of whom live ... presumably in search of food, bear-on-human attacks are rare. Since 2006, The New York Times ...