An exciting experience has occurred at the Friends of Rookery Bay as a photogenic black bear began exploring near its Environmental Learning Center. The Naples environmental conservation organization ...

Joel Cleveland beat the odds – 953 to 1, to be precise – to secure a bear hunting permit. He won't be using it, however.

GOLDEN GATE, Fla. A 200-pound black bear was on the loose Wednesday morning, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said. The bear disappeared into a neighborhood near Golden Gate Elementary School, ...