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

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

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

After the first ever fatal black bear attack in Florida history, a group here in Central Florida is asking the state's ...

An 89-year-old man and his dog were killed in Collier County in Florida's first fatal bear attack. How common are attacks in Florida, Pensacola.

An elderly man and his dog were killed in a black bear attack in the unincorporated Collier County community of Jerome, Florida, on May 5. Robert Markel's daughter reportedly called 911 at 7:15 a ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife is investigating after a man and a dog died in a suspected black bear attack on May 5, 2025, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in Collier County.

FWC has confirmed the DNA from the three bears killed were at the scene of the fatal attack. The agency says one bear had ...