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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Connecticut is inching closer to instituting a bear season after the state Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wildlife officials say quick thinking by construction workers helped lead to the bear’s capture.