A male black bear (not the one pictured) broke into a man’s home in rural southwest Florida and mauled him to death, ...

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 ...

Surveillance cameras captured the moments a group of black bears appeared in a Florida backyard before one of them attacked ...

While state data references black bear attacks, authorities have not confirmed the type of bear involved in the May 5 attack. According to the data, since November 2020, there have been at least ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported they have finished their initial investigation into what officials have called the first fatal black bear attack in state history.

Florida black bear sightings can be reported online ... and state wildlife officials are investigating whether it was a rare bear attack. If it is confirmed to be a mauling, it will be the ...

The uptick in black bear encounters hasn’t resulted in a dramatic increase in bear-related attacks, however. In the past two decades, there have only been 42 reports of physical contact with ...

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 ...

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported they have finished their initial investigation into what officials have called the first fatal black bear attack in state history.