Black bears are notorious browsers but one took things too far when it showed up at a Florida Lowe’s store during business hours, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says. The bear ...

Robert Markel's daughter called 911 to report a bear attacking his dog. When first responders arrived, they found the 89-year ...

Authorities found 1 person dead in a possible bear attack near a rural home between Naples and Everglades City, Florida ...

In 2015, the state of Florida gave hunters seven days to harvest 300 bears. It was the first bear hunt allowed in the state ...

The plan for a Florida bear hunt was well in the works before the fatal attack of a Collier County man. An early draft of rules allows dogs, baiting ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is proposing a black bear hunt in December to address, what it says,<a ...

In Florida, a rare and tragic case for the black bear species occurred on May 2. An 89-year-old man, Robert Markel, and his ...

The state’s wildlife agency will test the bears’ DNA to determine if any of them had attacked and killed an 89-year-old man.

Lab results have connected one of three black bears killed by wildlife officers in southwest Florida to a fatal attack on<a ...

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, Florida.

A man and a dog were killed by a black bear in Collier County, Florida on May 5, 2025. This is the second black bear attack ...

An 89-year-old man and his dog have died in a black bear attack in southwest Florida, marking the first confirmed fatal ...