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 ...

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

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 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 ...

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 newcomers, like Great Wolf Lodge in Naples, thrive in changing tides At the recently opened Great Wolf Lodge ...

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

Florida wildlife officials have released new details about their investigation into Monday’s black bear attack that resulted in the deaths of a man and a dog.

A 30-year-old man faces multiple felonies after an investigation found he uploaded child sex abuse material to Dropbox, ...