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

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

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

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 ...

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

An 89-year-old man and his dog were killed in Collier County in Florida's first fatal bear attack. How common are attacks in Florida, Pensacola.

A Florida man was found dead in the woods near Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in Collier County on Monday, May 5, apparently mauled by a bear. Wildlife officials were called to the scene ...

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

A Florida man, Robert Markel, was found dead near Big Cypress, potentially marking the first fatal bear attack in Florida history. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is ...

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.