A male black bear (not the one pictured) broke into a man’s home in rural southwest Florida and mauled him to death, ...

Officials say lab results have connected one of three black bears killed by wildlife officers in southwest Florida to a fatal ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has concluded its initial investigation into what is now confirmed be ...

Robert Markel's daughter called 911 to report a bear attacking his dog. When first responders arrived, they found the 89-year ...

Authorities found 1 person dead in a possible bear attack near a rural home between Naples and Everglades City, Florida ...

The plan for a Florida bear hunt was well in the works before the fatal attack of a Collier County man. An early draft of ...

In 2015, the state of Florida gave hunters seven days to harvest 300 bears. It was the first bear hunt allowed in the state ...

In Florida, a rare and tragic case for the black bear species occurred on May 2. An 89-year-old man, Robert Markel, and his ...

The state’s wildlife agency will test the bears’ DNA to determine if any of them had attacked and killed an 89-year-old man.

The incident was reported in the area of State Road 29 and U.S. 41, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area.

Florida wildlife officers have killed three black bears in southwest Florida following a fatal attack on a man and a dog a ...

Robert Markel and his dog were found mauled to death on May 5, 2025, in a black bear attack in rural Jerome in Collier County, Florida.