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 ...

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

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

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 has concluded its initial investigation into what is now confirmed be ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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