Robert Markel’s granddaughter called 911 the morning of May 5, after seeing a 263-pound bear killing her dad’s dog.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has identified both the victim and the bear involved in the first ...

AN 89-year-old man and his beloved dog were mauled to death in a horrifying black bear attack in southwest Florida that led ...

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

An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, which investigators say<a ...

An 89-year-old Florida man and his dog were killed in a suspected bear attack, with lab tests confirming a 263-pound black bear had human remains and the dog's DNA.

An 89-year-old man and his dog have died in a black bear attack in southwest Florida, marking the first confirmed fatal ...

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.

FWC has confirmed the DNA from the three bears killed were at the scene of the fatal attack. The agency says one bear had some of the victim's remains in it.

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

The FWC will change its policy after the Miami Herald reported that body camera footage from a second FWC officer who ...