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

Anti-hunt activist Chuck O'Neal says approval of Amendment 2 last year makes it possible for him, others to apply for black ...

Two young children and their mother were hit with mace by their neighbor in what could be a racially motivated attack, say ...

A black bear was spotted Sunday morning wandering through a Punta Gorda Isles neighborhood in Charlotte County, prompting a ...

South Florida's airports are common gateways for people from Haiti, Venezuela and Cuba to enter the U.S. Each nation has a ...

Activists are using Florida’s bear hunt lottery to attempt to block legal hunters. Florida’s Amendment 2 could complicate the ...

Florida black bears are coming of age and leaving their moms' territories. What to do if you see one outside a zoo.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission took another step towards reinstating an annual black bear hunt. Wildlife commissioners voted 4-1 on Wednesday, May 21, to have a black bear hunt for 23 ...

Following Florida’s first fatal bear attack this spring, there’s little argument that the state’s largest land mammal can be dangerous. But fierce debate persists over whether a good way to ...

A black bear was filmed swimming off a Naples, Florida beach. Black bears are common in nearly half of Florida, and encounters are increasing. A Florida black bear was caught on video going for a ...

Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is proposing a black bear hunt despite incomplete population data and ...