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 ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has identified both the victim and the bear involved in the first ...

The attack occurred in a rural area east of Naples, just south of Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area, authorities said.

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 ...

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

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

The incident was reported in the area of State Road 29 and U.S. 41, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area.

JEROME, Fla. (WWSB) - Evidence and DNA collected from a black bear killed this week has confirmed it was the animal that killed a Collier County man and his dog, state wildlife officials said.

FWC says a bear attacked a man and his dog near Jerome on Monday morning. It's telling people to avoid the area.