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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.