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

Next week, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission will be discussing how - and if - it should reimplement a black bear hunt ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

The BriefA proposed December black bear hunt would mark Florida’s first in a decade. Future seasons would be expanded from ...

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

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

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

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

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

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