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

A male black bear (not the one pictured) broke into a man’s home in rural southwest Florida and mauled him to death, ...

Officials say lab results have connected one of three black bears killed by wildlife officers in southwest Florida to a fatal ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has concluded its initial investigation into what is now confirmed be ...

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 ...

In 2015, the state of Florida gave hunters seven days to harvest 300 bears. It was the first bear hunt allowed in the state ...

In Florida, a rare and tragic case for the black bear species occurred on May 2. An 89-year-old man, Robert Markel, and his ...

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 and his dog were found mauled to death on May 5, 2025, in a black bear attack in rural Jerome in Collier County, Florida.

Florida may let people hunt bears for the first time in 10 years, although the plan was in the works before a man and his dog ...

When Sue Story found her father's dog mauled in her front yard but there was no sign of Robert Markel, she told authorities ...

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