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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is proposing a black bear hunt in December to address, what it says,<a ...

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

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

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 ...

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 ...