With over a million boats and rising risk, FWC's 2024 boating report shows safety still isn’t smooth sailing.The Florida ...

As National Safe Boating Week concludes, a sobering new report from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission marked Safe Boating Week by releasing its 2024 Boating Accident ...

Officials in Florida confirmed that a man and his dog found dead earlier this month were killed by a bear, a first for the ...

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 incident was reported in the area of State Road 29 and U.S. 41, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area.

Bear hunting has long been a controversial issue in Florida. Supporters say, in part, a hunt could help better manage bear ...

State wildlife officials will hear a proposal next week to create an annual black bear hunt. The proposed December hunt would ...

Hunt supporters argued the Florida’s Black Bear population, which FWC estimates to be approaching 4,000 bears, has reached a ...

can become defensive,” Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Northwest Region Public Information Officer Faith Flawn said. “Dogs have been involved in over half of the incidents of ...