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 ...

Florida black bear sightings can be reported online to FWC. It is illegal to hunt bears in Florida. FWC estimates that there are over 4,000 Florida black bears in the state. A Florida man and his ...

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 ...

SAYBROOK — A black bear was caught on camera as it wandered into the yard of a Saybrook home Wednesday night. Joe Yankie, who resides in the home, said the bear wandered into the yard a little ...

The Police Department posted a video and image of the bear on its Facebook scaling a wall and roaming the street in the early morning. A black bear is spotted on video in St. Augustine's downtown ...

A massive black bear, weighing close to 300 pounds, mauled to death an 89-year-old Florida man and his faithful dog — the first deadly attack in Sunshine State history. Robert Markel’s ...

The bear was expected to be relocated about 200 km from the city, in a similar environment to Ottawa’s. “The bear was in close enough proximity to residents and businesses to warrant ...

A male black bear (not the one pictured) broke into a man’s home in rural southwest Florida and mauled him to death, investigators said. Photo from John Thomas via Unsplash New information on ...

Authorities were searching Monday for a black bear that killed a man and a dog ... baseball and boys lacrosse. Credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas SARRA SOUNDS OFF: Flag football exploding on ...

A man and a dog were killed by a black bear in Collier County, Florida on May 5, 2025. This is the second black bear attack in Florida this year, both involving dogs. Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

An 88-year-old man and his dog were killed Monday in what officials believe were two separate black bear attacks near the victim’s home in rural Collier County, Florida. Officials investigating the ...