If the FWC approves, Florida will hold its first bear hunt in ten years. But the agency is taking steps to avoid the problems ...

In May, when a bear attack left a man and his dog dead in a rural area of Collier County, it was the first time many of us ...

JEROME, Fla. -- An 88-year-old man and a dog were killed in apparently separate bear attacks near the victim's home in Florida, officials said. The Collier County Sheriffs Office said it received ...

Wildlife officials have identified the bear that killed Robert Markel. Only one of the three black bears shot after Markel, of remote Jerome in Collier County, was mauled was responsible for the ...

JEROME, Fla. -- An 88-year-old man and a dog were killed in apparently separate bear attacks near the victim's home in Florida, officials said. The Collier County Sheriffs Office said it received ...

Officials said the dead bear would be transported to Gainesville for testing. If it's confirmed the Jerome man was killed by the bear, it would be the first death by bear attack in Florida.

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.

JEROME — Lab results have connected one of three black bears killed by wildlife officers in Southwest Florida to a fatal attack on a man and his dog a day earlier, officials said Friday ...

An 89-year-old man and a dog were killed in Southwest Florida on Monday in what the authorities said appeared to be separate attacks by a black bear. Officials received a call just after 7 a.m ...

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office received a call at 7:07 a.m. Monday, May 5, in reference to a possible bear encounter in Jerome in a secluded area within the edge of the woods.

An 89-year-old man, Robert Markel, and his dog were attacked in his camping trailer near the village of Jerome. The attack resulted in the death of both the man and the dog. The Florida Fish and ...