The investigation began with gunshots in the middle of the night, a wounded deer and attempts by alarmed locals in the tiny ...

About 80 percent of a black bear’s diet comes from plants (fruits, nuts, berries), 15 percent from insects (termites, ants, ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s legacy is ridden with anti-vaccine conspiracy theories, brain worms and bizarre bear-cub deaths, Gustaf Kilander and Katie Hawkinson report ...

A Bear! Play Dead! Not That Dead! is an absurdist two-panel meme format and exploitable comic in which a person notices a ...

Six months after a DEC officer shot a mother bear and her two cubs in Old Forge, community members try to make sense of the ...

Biking can be a fun way to pass the time and get some exercise in the great outdoors. However, depending on your chosen trail ...

Be sure the bear has an obvious escape route. Do NOT turn your back, play dead, climb a tree or run. Back away slowly into the house or secure area. Avoid direct eye contact. Bears and many other ...

There are more than 4,000 Florida black bears in the state. Feeding bears is illegal in Florida. If a bear comes into your yard, make sure you're safe and it has a clear escape route and then ...

Notification is provided to the FWC within 24 hours. One may not "possess, sell, or dispose" the dead bear or its parts. FWC disposes of the bear. Fines for violations can be $5,000.

Lions and tigers not so much. But bears ... oh my. Welcome to Florida, home of the alligator and the black bear. While bears can be found almost anywhere in Florida, but are concentrated in some areas ...