Alabama’s black bear population is under 500. Sightings help track their movement. Bears are protected, and conflicts are rare with public awareness ...

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 ...

Investigators said the remains of 89-year-old Robert Markel were found about 100 yards from his home in rural Jerome. They ...

An man and his dog were mauled to death by a black bear in Jerome, Florida. The 89-year-old man's death marks the first ...

Robert Markel's granddaughter called 911 the morning of May 5, after seeing a 263-pound bear killing her dad's dog.

The FWC said Markel's remains were found in a male black bear they captured and euthanized after the tragic incident occurred ...

Necropsy results revealed that a 263-pound black bear contained the partial remains of 89-year-old Robert Markel, and a ...

Lab results have connected one of three black bears killed by wildlife officers in southwest Florida to a fatal attack on a man and his dog a day earlier, officials said Friday.

MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- A black bear was found in a tree on the Rolling Meadows Golf Course in Fond du Lac Monday morning, causing the course to close the neighboring nine holes. In a post on the ...

The 911 calls from Robert Markel’s family paint a picture of shock. (Source: WINK, COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, CNN) The GOP-led House on Thursday passed a bill to rename the Gulf of Mexico ...

(WSET) — It's the time of year when bear encounters are becoming more frequent with the warming weather. Last week, we reported on a Bedford County dog facing down a black bear visitor on the ...

The bears – including some that appear injured or gaunt – are making their way out of their forest dens and into the urban periphery, the North Shore Black Bear Society says. Typically ...