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

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

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has concluded its initial investigation into what is now confirmed be ...

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

The only justification the FWC [Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission] has given for having the hunt is to offer an ...

Florida wildlife officials will review a proposal next week to establish an annual limited-entry black bear hunt — the first such hunt in over a decade. The proposal summary was posted ahead of a ...

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 ...

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 ...

In Florida, a rare and tragic case for the black bear species occurred on May 2. An 89-year-old man, Robert Markel, and his ...

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