Florida black bear

Environment

Black Bear Treed Near Adventure Island

Mark Schreiner

UPDATE AT NOON with information on capture of bearAfter a short early morning stroll through a quiet residential neighborhood and a trip up a tree, a…
Environment

Environmentalists Want FWC To Suspend Bear Hunt As State Bans Harvesting Food Source

Topher Forhecz

Note: Audio to come. Update: WGCU asked for comment about how enforceable the present moratorium on saw palmetto berry picking might be in light of the...
Environment

Wildlife Officials to Allow Black Bear Hunts

Black bears are closer to being placed on the state's wildlife hunting calendar for the first time in more than 20 years.The Fish and Wildlife…
Environment

Bear Hunting May be Legal Soon in Florida

Cyd Hoskinson

Bear hunting will soon be legal in Florida after state wildlife regulators approved the idea at a meeting in Jacksonville Wednesday.Florida Fish and...
Environment

Black Bear In A Tree In Tampa

Susan Giles Wantuck

It's not every day that you see a bear in a tree in West Tampa.But today was one of those days for the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. At about 8:30…
University Beat

Bear Wanders Through USF, Captured at Busch Gardens

Mark Schreiner

A bear that might have been looking for love was captured at Busch Gardens early this morning after making an earlier stop at USF's Tampa campus.The 270…

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