After what sounded like gunfire, FWC officials emerged from the woods with a dead bear, possibly connected to the May 5 ...

On May 5, a bear apparently mauled a Collier County man and his dog to death. Has this happened before? How can you protect ...

An man and his dog were mauled to death by a black bear in Jerome, Florida. The 89-year-old man's death marks the first ...

FWC has confirmed the DNA from the three bears killed were at the scene of the fatal attack. The agency says one bear had ...

Robert Markel's daughter called to report a bear had just killed her father's dog, officials found Markel's body yards away.

Residents in Collier County are anxiously awaiting DNA test results to determine if one of the three bears killed this week ...

Evidence and DNA collected from a black bear killed this week has confirmed it was the animal that killed a Collier County ...

Authorities in Collier County are investigating a tragic incident involving a bear attack that left an elderly man and his ...

DNA, necropsy results show that just one of three bears shot by wildlife officials was responsible for fatally mauling Robert ...

The last documented black bear attack in Collier County happened Jan. 9, 2018, when a black bear attacked a man in his North ...

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 ...

An elderly man and his dog were killed in a black bear attack in the unincorporated Collier County community of Jerome, Florida, on May 5. Robert Markel's granddaughter reportedly called 911 at 7: ...