Florida considers controversial Bear Hunt as population grows; supporters cite science, protesters say it's cruel and hypocritical ...

A bear hunt was already on the state's May agenda, but the first documented human killing on May 5 lit a fire under an ...

At a December Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) meeting after receiving an update on the commission's ...

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 control ...

"The only justification the FWC [Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission] has given for having the hunt is to offer an ...

In 2017, a Gulf Breeze man received non-life-threatening injuries in a bear attack similar to Thursday's. According to reports, the man was swatted by a bear when he went to check on his dog after ...

Two new studies found that a small, missing piece of DNA located next to a specific protein resulted in orange fur coloration in cats.

A bear went after a dog in a Florida backyard, then attacked a man who stepped in to save his pet, authorities said. The ...

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

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has released a memo providing the first detailed look at what a ...

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

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 ...