This is the second bear attack in Florida in 2025. While black bear attacks are rare, as the species is typically non-aggressive, there are chances when encounters could escalate. Now, as they ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife is investigating after a man and a dog died in a suspected black bear attack on May 5, 2025, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in Collier County.

Florida black bear sightings can be reported online to FWC. It is illegal to hunt bears in Florida. FWC estimates that there are over 4,000 Florida black bears in the state. A Florida man and his ...

A family in Northern California is asking for the "bare necessities" after a black bear managed to get inside their Subaru, where it became trapped and tried to escape. Amanda Wells, a resident of ...

An 89-year-old man and a dog were killed by a black bear not far from Naples, Florida on May 5 in what is believed to be the first fatal bear attack in the state, according to wildlife officials.

Black bear sightings have been reported in multiple locations in the Kansas City metro, according to authorities. A Grandview Police officer -- on his way to work just before 6 a.m. Tuesday ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) on Friday confirmed a man and his dog were mauled to death by a black bear in Jerome — marking the first fatal black bear attack in ...

Authorities were searching Monday for a black bear that killed a man and a dog in South Florida. The attack occurred in a rural area east of Naples, just south of Big Cypress Wildlife Management ...

While black bears are found throughout Florida, they favor habitats like flatwoods, swamps, and scrub oak ridges. Florida has recorded 42 bear attack cases between 2006 and February 2025 ...

A statewide bear survival study is underway, tracking collared-bears to understand mortality causes and offspring numbers. Pennsylvania’s black bear hunting seasons may become more defined by ...