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

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

Florida Fish and Wildlife is investigating after a man and a dog died in a suspected black bear attack on May 5, 2025,  just ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Tyson Matthews, public information officer for the FWC, said that if the ongoing investigation confirms that the victim’s cause of death was mauling by the suspected bear, it will be the first ever ...

FWC says a bear attacked a man and his dog near Jerome on Monday morning. It's telling people to avoid the area.

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

"The FWC is actively investigating a suspected fatal wildlife attack, that's been reported to involve a bear, near Jerome in ...