A bear was spotted towering over traffic on a busy Florida interstate and the predator did not leave unscathed, according to ...

The Florida black bear, a distinct subspecies of the American black bear, was listed as a threatened species from 1974 to 2012, when the population was considered recovered. The population had ...

An 89-year-old Florida man and his dog were killed in the state's first recorded fatal bear attack. Three bears were killed, and DNA testing is underway to determine if one was responsible.

Florida wildlife authorities confirmed Friday that the grisly death of an elderly man in Collier County earlier this week was the first fatal Florida black bear attack in state history ...

May 1 (UPI) --A Florida woman protected herself and her small dog from a bear by throwing the hungry bruin a bag of cookies.Kristen Savage said she and her chihuahua mix, Ringo, were walking near ...