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

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

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 ...

An 89-year-old man and his dog were found dead May 5 in Collier County near Naples, after what Florida officials say is the first fatal bear attack in the state's recorded history. Officials said ...

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 ...

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

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

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: ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife is investigating after a man and a dog died in a suspected black bear attack on May 5, 2025, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area 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.

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