According to a report released this week by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, a total of 685 accidents were recorded in 2024.

Since 2006, FWC reports 42 incidents of physical contact between a person and a black bear in Florida, with over half involving a dog Aydian Ahmad , Digital Producer Published: May 6, 2025 at 3:24 ...

FWC said in the latest incident, a boater crashed into a piling near the Alligator Reef. All five people on board were injured, two were airlifted to a hospital.

An 11-foot alligator bit a 27-year-old woman's hand and wrist, and briefly pulled her under while she was swimming in ...

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 ...

MIAMI (WFLA) — Two children died Monday after a barge crashed into a sailboat in Biscayne Bay off Miami Beach, according to ...

An Astor Farms resident spotted a three-legged alligator slowly roaming in his backyard and captured it on video.

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission personnel responded to Florida's Turnpike in Miami-Dade County to remove an ...

GULF BREEZE, Fla. (WKRG) — Florida Wildlife officials recognize that residents may see more bears this time of year because most have come out of hibernation. “Black bears are not generally a… ...

Bear hunting has long been a controversial issue in Florida, with opponents saying that killing bears for sport won't reduce ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — State wildlife officials next week will hear a proposal to create an annual “limited-entry” black bear hunt, with a December hunting period the first in more than a decade.

For Florida boaters, recent summers have meant more crowds and more crashes. Peaking every year from May through July, boating traffic and accidents in the state surged after the coronavirus pandemic, ...