An man and his dog were mauled to death by a black bear in Jerome, Florida. The 89-year-old man's death marks the first fatality attributed to a black bear in state history.

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

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

The FWC said Markel's remains were found in a male black bear they captured and euthanized after the tragic incident occurred ...

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

Necropsy results revealed that a 263-pound black bear contained the partial remains of 89-year-old Robert Markel, and a preliminary autopsy found that Markel’s cause of death was consistent with a ...

Lab results have connected one of three black bears killed by wildlife officers in southwest Florida to a fatal attack on a ...

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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 ...

FWC has confirmed the DNA from the three bears killed were at the scene of the fatal attack. The agency says one bear had ...