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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The state’s wildlife agency will test the bears’ DNA to determine if any of them had attacked and killed an 89-year-old man.

A man and a dog were killed by a black bear in Collier County, Florida on May 5, 2025. This is the second black bear attack ...

Florida wildlife officers have killed three black bears in southwest Florida following a fatal attack on a man and a dog a ...