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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 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 in Florida this year, both involving dogs. Florida Fish and Wildlife ...