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.

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 dog were killed in a black bear attack May 5, 2025 in Collier County, Florida. It's the second bear attack this ...

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

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) says an 89-year-old man and his dog were killed by a bear on ...

A man and his dog were killed in a suspected black bear attack in rural southwest Florida, prompting a search for the animal ...

The authorities received a report on Monday about a bear encounter in an unincorporated part of Collier County just north of ...

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

We do know it was a bear attack. We don’t know if it was the same bear or multiple bears,” Reynaud said at a press briefing ...

The Self Defense Act of 2024 allows for the taking of bears, without any penalties, under specific circumstances.