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 ...

Two Kodiak bear cubs recently turned up in the Florida Panhandle after escaping from an ... when a motorist reported finding the cubs that did not look like the usual Florida black bears.

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 ...

Two Kodiak bear cubs were found on a roadside in December in Okaloosa County, ... Motorist Zach Richards told authorities he knew instantly the cubs were not Florida’s native black bears.

“Could be, they’re not black bears,” responded a man. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) identified the cubs as Kodiaks, a subspecies of brown or grizzly bears native to ...

"I've been to many bear calls before, -- all of them dealing with black bears," Baliel said. "What peaked my interest with this one was when dispatch said the bears were in his truck.

A pair of bear cubs, members of the Kodiak subspecies of grizzly bear, were spotted on a Florida roadside more than 3,600 miles from their Alaska habitat. The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office ...

Two Kodiak bear cubs unique to Alaska were found in the Florida Panhandle, ... Motorist Zach Richards told authorities he knew instantly the cubs were not Florida’s native black bears.