A male black bear (not the one pictured) broke into a man’s home in rural southwest Florida and mauled him to death, ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has concluded its initial investigation into what is now confirmed be ...

Officials say lab results have connected one of three black bears killed by wildlife officers in southwest Florida to a fatal ...

Black bears are notorious browsers but one took things too far when it showed up at a Florida Lowe’s store during business hours, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says. The bear ...

An man and his dog were mauled to death by a black bear in Jerome, Florida. The 89-year-old man's death marks the first ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is proposing a black bear hunt in December to address, what it says,<a ...

In 2015, the state of Florida gave hunters seven days to harvest 300 bears. It was the first bear hunt allowed in the state ...

In Florida, a rare and tragic case for the black bear species occurred on May 2. An 89-year-old man, Robert Markel, and his ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) says the remains of one of the three black bears killed earlier ...

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.

When Sue Story found her father's dog mauled in her front yard but there was no sign of Robert Markel, she told authorities ...

Black bears in North Carolina may be hard to spot, but as snow thaws and temperatures rise, the chances of seeing them in the wild increase.