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.

Amid support from hunters and warnings of a “slaughter” from animal-rights advocates, state wildlife officials Wednesday ...

It also says most vehicle-bear collisions occur around Ocala National Forest. The estimated population of the Florida black bear, a subspecies of the American black bear, stood at 4,050 in 2014-15 ...

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is proposing a new aviation training facility in Paisley on a site currently occupied by ...

Construction workers made a shock discovery in lobby of beachside tower that left them fearing for their lives.

and a volunteer unload a Florida black bear ready to be weighed at the check station located off of Forest Road 11 and CR 316 at the Ocala National Forest on Oct. 24. 2015. Although the hunt ended ...

Florida is home to more than 4,000 black bears, according to the wildlife commission. It has tracked them from the Panhandle and Ocala National Forest in the state’s midsection, to Big Cypress ...

There are roughly 4,000 bears across the Sunshine State that live in forests and swamps from the Eglin Air Force Base to Ocala National Forest, the commission said. Florida officials advise ...

Lisa Thompson, a spokesperson for the wildlife commission, said officials relocated the bear to the Ocala National Forest later that day. The bear sighting is a first for the airport, according to ...