Collier County is emphasizing bear safety, reminding residents of the options available for securing their trash cans.

Florida Fish and Wildlife warns residents not to feed bears as sightings increase near populated areas, including one just 3 miles from Six Mile Cypress Preserve ...

Should the bears be hunted? People near the site of Florida’s first fatal bear attack spoke to Fox 4 about FWC's efforts to ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has given preliminary approval for a black bear hunt for December and ...

A decade after the last state-sanctioned hunt had to be cut short because so many bears were killed, Florida says it’s time for another one.

Black bears were listed as threatened in 2012, and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission held an unpopular ...

The hunt, the first in a decade, would be held in four parts of the state and could lead to as many as 187 black bears being ...

OCALA, Fla. - Florida is one step closer to a bear hunt. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation voted four to one ...

May 21 to have a black bear hunt for 23 days in December, but the measure must be voted on again in August to be finalized.

Bear hunting has long stirred controversy in Florida. FWC Chairman Rodney Barreto defended the agency’s move, saying “Hunting ...