Florida is one of 11 states not taking part in SUN Bucks summer program. Advocates say short-sighted decision.

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 ...

The attack occurred in a rural area east of Naples, just south of Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area, authorities said.

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 ...

North Collier Fire Control & Rescue District plans to put lifeguards at some of the busiest beaches in the county. The fire ...

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

Florida Fish and Wildlife is investigating after a man and a dog died in a suspected black bear attack on May 5, 2025, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in Collier County.

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 ...

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 ...