Robert Markel's granddaughter told authorities she saw a bear maul her grandfather's dog but couldn't find him. Markel's dog ...

DNA, necropsy results show that just one of three bears shot by wildlife officials was responsible for fatally mauling Robert ...

The attack was the second in Florida in the last two weeks. A Jerome man and his dog were killed May 5 in the first fatality ...

Officials in Florida confirmed that a man and his dog found dead earlier this month were killed by a bear, a first for the ...

For the first time in Florida’s history a person died as the result of a black bear attack. After investigating the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed in a release that Robert ...

The partial remains of an 89 year-old Florida man were found in one of the bears Florida Fish and Wildlife officials captured ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is considering a proposed bear hunt that could become an annual event.

Wildlife officials in Florida are working to find the bear, or bears, behind an attack that killed an 89-year-old man and his ...

The incident was reported in the area of State Road 29 and U.S. 41, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area.

Newly released 911 calls captured pleas for help after an 89-year-old man and his dog were killed by a bear in southwest ...

Robert Markel, 89, was found dead near his trailer in Collier County, Florida, in what authorities believe to be the first ...

FWC confirms a 263-pound male black bear killed Robert Markel in the first recorded fatal bear attack in Florida history. Three bears were killed near the scene, and necropsy results confirmed one ...