If you are out on a long hike or camping you’re probably hoping you don’t run into any bears. For some hunters, it’s the ...

PENSACOLA, Fla. — Two Kodiak bear cubs, a unique subspecies of the brown bear, were found in a rural area of the Florida Panhandle thousands of miles away from their native home, authorities ...

Sometimes referred to as the Alaskan brown bear, they can grow up to 1,500 pounds, which is three times the size of Florida's native black bears. Kodiak bears found in Okaloosa belonged to a 'self ...

A still image from a video of Kodiak bear cubs found on a Florida road in December 2023 after escaping from an animal handler. (From Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office) ...

Conservation Wildlife Management Body Cam Footage: Kodiak Bear Cubs Found Wandering Down Road in Florida, Thousands of Miles from Native Range “They’re not black bears. The big one’s a little bit ...

A pair of Kodiak brown bear cubs unique to Alaska were found roaming the Florida Panhandle and the encounter got even stranger when they tried to play with the responding sheriff’s deputy. The ...

Reports of black bears in the Florida Panhandle are not uncommon. When the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office received a call of two bear cubs wandering along a roadway north of Crestview, Fla ...

OKALOOSA COUNTY, Fla. (WSVN) — An unexpected encounter unfolded in the Florida Panhandle as deputies from Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office responded to the sighting of two Alaskan Kodiak bear ...

Grizzly bears aren't native to Florida, but the memo never reached two Kodiak cubs discovered by a man in December. The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office shared a video on social media Wednesday of ...