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 ...

JEROME, Fla. (WFLA) — The partial remains of an 89-year-old Florida man were found in one of the bears Florida Fish and ...

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 ...

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 ...

Robert Markel's daughter called 911 to report a bear attacking his dog. When first responders arrived, they found the 89-year ...

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

Florida wildlife officers have killed three black bears in southwest Florida following a fatal attack on a man and a dog a ...

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

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 89-year-old man and his dog have died in a black bear attack in southwest Florida, marking the first confirmed fatal ...