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

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

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

The partial remains of an 89-year-old Florida man were found in one of the bears Florida Fish and Wildlife officials captured ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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