Florida wildlife officers have killed three black bears following a fatal attack on an elderly man and his dog near Naples.

Wildlife officials have confirmed that an 89-year-old man was the victim of the first fatal Florida black bear attack in the ...

The partial remains of an 89-year-old Florida man were found in one of the bears Florida Fish and Wildlife officials captured earlier this week following the first deadly bear attack in the ...

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.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has confirmed they have the corpse of the bear that killed a Collier ...

A recent fatal black bear attack in rural Collier County has brought the complexities of human-wildlife coexistence into ...

A man and a dog were killed in a bear attack in rural Jerome, Florida on May 5, 2025. A family member reportedly called 911 at 7:15 a.m. after witnessing a bear kill the victim's dog. There was no ...

When Sue Story found her father's dog mauled in yard with no sign of Robert Markel, she told authorities something was off.

An investigation is ongoing and killing the bears is protocol, the FWC said. If confirmed, it would be the first recorded ...

The FWC said the attack occurred on Lake Kissimmee near the mouth of Tiger Creek. A similar, though non-lethal attack ...

FWC says the agency shot and killed three bears overnight. DNA samples from the scene and the bears will be tested in ...