The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has concluded its initial investigation into what is now confirmed be ...

Investigators said the remains of 89-year-old Robert Markel were found about 100 yards from his home in rural Jerome. They ...

JEROME, Fla. (AP) — 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.

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

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

On Monday, 89-year-old Robert Markel was found dead about 100 yards from his Jerome, Florida home with injuries "indicating a ...

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

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

The state’s wildlife agency will test the bears’ DNA to determine if any of them had attacked and killed an 89-year-old man.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has confirmed the first fatal Florida black bear attack in state history, located in Jerome, Florida. According to a ...

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