Bears sent to University of Florida for examination after 89-year-old Robert Markel of Jerome, his dog killed during attack.

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

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

On May 5, a bear apparently mauled a Collier County man and his dog to death. Has this happened before? How can you protect ...

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.

"The FWC is actively investigating a suspected fatal wildlife attack, that's been reported to involve a bear, near Jerome in ...

The proposal indicates that a total of 55 will be permitted for harvest from Lee, Collier and Hendry counties. The last black bear hunt ... paradise in rural Lee County. Yet, we’ve never ...