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 ...

FWC commissioners are meeting Wednesday and Thursday for their quarterly meeting, however, a final vote on a state bear hunt ...

But fierce debate persists over whether a good way to control bears is to kill them. A state plan to resume bear hunting after a decade-long hibernation has deepened the discord in advance of a ...

A Florida man frantically called 911 Thursday morning, saying he was bitten by a bear in his backyard while trying to protect ...

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

The University of Florida Veterinary Forensic Sciences Lab played a crucial role in solving the case of the first fatal bear ...

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