Authorities in Collier County are investigating a tragic incident involving a bear attack that left an elderly man and his ...

Florida wildlife officials hauled a dead bear from the woods shortly before 9 p.m. Monday, May 5, near the site of the ...

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

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

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 ...

A Florida man was found dead in the woods near Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in Collier County on Monday, May 5, apparently mauled by a bear. Wildlife officials were called to the scene ...

Evidence and DNA collected from a black bear killed this week has confirmed it was the animal that killed a Collier County ...

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

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