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

Florida black bear hunting is illegal, but this regulated season could allow for 187 black bears to be killed.

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

Officials in Florida used doughnuts to capture a black bear after the animal was found soaking in a neighbour’s hot tub.

Florida is once again barreling forward with a proposed black bear hunt that would start this year and continue for years to ...

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 ...

Residents of a Punta Gorda community said they were shocked to see the bear running through their neighborhood. Florida ...

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

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

Increasing black bear populations mean that bears can be found in human-developed landscapes. Here's what to do to keep yourself safe.

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

A Central Florida woman is accused of spraying young girls with bear mace after she became irate with them for playing<a ...