The partial remains of an 89 year-old Florida man were found in one of the bears Florida Fish and Wildlife officials captured ...

JEROME, Fla. (WWSB) - Evidence and DNA collected from a black bear killed this week has confirmed it was the animal that killed a Collier County man and his dog, state wildlife officials said.

A 263-pound male bear that was killed by wildlife officials contained the partial remains of 89-year-old Robert Markel, ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) says the remains of one of the three black bears killed earlier this week have been found to contain the partial remains of 89-year-old ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has confirmed the first fatal Florida black bear attack in state history, located in Jerome, Florida. According to a ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has concluded its initial investigation, confirming the first ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has confirmed they have the corpse of the bear that killed a Collier ...

A recent fatal black bear attack in rural Collier County has brought the complexities of human-wildlife coexistence into ...

A man and a dog were killed in a bear attack in rural Jerome, Florida on May 5, 2025. A family member reportedly called 911 at 7:15 a.m. after witnessing a bear kill the victim's dog. There was no ...

When Sue Story found her father's dog mauled in yard with no sign of Robert Markel, she told authorities something was off.

An investigation is ongoing and killing the bears is protocol, the FWC said. If confirmed, it would be the first recorded ...