A black bear stunned residents of a luxury Florida community by lounging in a hot tub and napping under a lanai before being ...

FWC is scheduled to vote on the bear hunt one final time in August, and then it's expected that 187 permits will be issued.

FLORIDA — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has just released a memo shedding new light on what a proposed black bear hunt could look like in our state. The proposed rules ...

OCALA, Fla. — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently released its proposed rules for a black bear hunt ahead of its meeting next week. Meanwhile, organizers of a group ...

(WFLA) — A Florida police department found an unusual ... Department were called to Gulf Shore Boulevard North after a black bear was found sleeping in a condominium lobby that was under ...

The move comes on the heels of Florida’s approval of its first bear season in nearly a decade and is an indication of a broader trend in state-level responses to growing black bear populations.

A Florida man was bitten by a black bear while protecting his dog in his backyard. The incident occurred in Santa Rosa County, Florida, early morning on May 15. FWC plans to trap and euthanize the ...

Laranda White brought her daughters Presley, 8, and Piper, 3, to watch the bear. “I'm really surprised,” White said. “I know growing up, Louisiana black bears have always, you know ...

A baby black bear was spotted in South Knoxville as it tried to drag roadkill from the side of the road toward the trees. The video was taken alongside Sevierville Pike on the afternoon of May 28.

Amid support from hunters and warnings of a “slaughter” from animal-rights advocates, state wildlife officials moved forward with Florida’s first black bear hunt in a decade. Before a crowd ...

The encounter didn’t faze Zega, who works with Bear Warriors United, a nonprofit that advocates protection of Florida black bears. Now, she is protesting a state plan to hold a “a highly ...