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

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 ...

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

The attack occurred in a rural area east of Naples, just south of Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area, authorities said.

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

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

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

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

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officials have shot and killed three black ...

First responders arrived to the scene around 8:15 a.m. and found one deceased person.