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

Lab results have connected one of three black bears killed by wildlife officers in southwest Florida to a fatal attack on a ...

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

The incident was reported in the area of State Road 29 and U.S. 41, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area.

The male bear tested negative for rabies, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said May ... of 6,300 ...

Florida wildlife officials will review a proposal next week to establish an annual limited-entry black bear hunt — the first ...

On Monday, 89-year-old Robert Markel was found dead about 100 yards from his Jerome, Florida home with injuries "indicating a ...

A 1,000-pound female manatee that was recovering at a Florida state park from a boat strike drowned earlier this year after ...

Florida Wildlife Commission officers are investigating an attack involving a black bear in Collier County and the deaths of a ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife says a bear is believed to have killed a man and his dog in a nature preserve. FWC officials said ...

After a woman was killed by an alligator while she was canoeing with her husband in central Florida, questions remain on ...

Investigators said the remains of 89-year-old Robert Markel were found about 100 yards from his home in rural Jerome. They found evidence that “a physical encounter” occurred between a bear and Markel ...