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

On Friday night (May 30) the Naples Police Department posted a photo on its Facebook page of a black bear taking a nap. Not ...

US Navy training schedules indicate that inert bombing will take place at the Pinecastle Range Complex in the Ocala National ...

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 ...

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 ...

The proposal includes strict permit rules that would be determined based on bear population numbers in each region of the ...

The Florida Wildlife Corridor is a program that targets 18 million acres for conservation, easement protection for wildlife ...

Denise March of the Ocala National Forest holds a “Stop The Florida Bear Hunt” sign during a sparsely attended protest against the proposed Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Florida ...

Robert Markel and his dog were found mauled to death on May 5, 2025, in a black bear attack in rural Jerome in Collier County, Florida.

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 ...