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. (WPLG ...

An elderly man and his dog have died in a black bear attack in southwest Florida, officials said Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...

JEROME, Fla. — Florida wildlife officials have captured and killed the black bear they believe was behind the first deadly bear attack in state history. On Monday, 89-year-old Robert Markel was ...

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.

This is the second bear attack in Florida in 2025. While black bear attacks are rare, as the species is typically non-aggressive, there are chances when encounters could escalate. Now, as they ...

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Authorities released a recording Tuesday of the 911 calls that dispatch received after a man and his dog died -- prompting a hunt for black bears in rural southwestern Florida. The attacks were on ...

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A man and his dog were killed Monday morning in a black bear attack near a Florida nature preserve. The horrifying strike occurred near the rural Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area outside ...

JEROME, Fla. (AP) — Authorities were searching Monday for a black bear that killed a man and a dog in south Florida. The attack occurred in a rural area east of Naples, just south of Big Cypress ...

While black bears are found throughout Florida, they favor habitats like flatwoods, swamps, and scrub oak ridges. Florida has recorded 42 bear attack cases between 2006 and February 2025 ...