On May 5, a bear apparently mauled a Collier County man and his dog to death. Has this happened before? How can you protect ...

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 ...

Bear that mauled 88-year-old man and his dog to death in Florida is still on the loose, say officials - If the cause of death ...

After what sounded like gunfire, FWC officials emerged from the woods with a dead bear, possibly connected to the May 5 ...

An 89-year-old Florida man believed to have been killed by a bear has been identified as Robert Markel. His body was found ...

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.

The last documented black bear attack in Collier County happened Jan. 9, 2018, when a black bear attacked a man in his North ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ... a rural area between Naples and Everglades City. More than a dozen FWC and CCSO vehicles lined up with lights flashing along both sides ...

Tyson Matthews, public information officer for the FWC, said that if the ongoing investigation confirms that the victim’s cause of death was mauling by the suspected bear, it will be the first ever ...