New information on Florida’s first fatal bear attack revealed the culprit was a 263-pound black bear that broke into the ...

The state’s wildlife agency will test the bears’ DNA to determine if any of them had attacked and killed an 89-year-old man.

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 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is continuing to investigate a deadly bear attack. Officials say an ...

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

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

If you love to go hiking and camping, especially with your family, then safety must be your top priority. There’s a lot that ...

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.

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 ...