How do these family members fit into a diabolical plot that led two paid hitmen to an affluent Tallahassee neighborhood to ...

Bear Warriors United, an Oviedo-based nonprofit dedicated to defending Florida's wildlife, filed a lawsuit Aug. 15 to block ...

On Friday, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officials said preliminary findings confirmed that a 263-pound male bear contained the remains of Robert Markel, a Florida ...

The first black bear hunt in Florida in a decade will take place in December under a rule adopted Wednesday by state wildlife ...

Florida wildlife officials are moving forward with plans to reinstate a state-sanctioned bear hunt, a decision drawing both support and opposition in the wake of the state’s first fatal bear attack ...

Florida authorities found Robert Markel and his dog deceased on May 5 following a bear attack on Markel's property near Jerome, a small unincorporated community 30 miles east of Naples, according ...

Florida wildlife officials gave preliminary approval Wednesday for the first black bear hunt since one 10 years ago that was halted early after more than 300 bears were killed in only two days.

The first was Robert Markel, who was killed by a black bear in Collier County. The second was Cynthia Diekema, who was killed while canoeing on Lake Kissimmee, south of Orlando.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in the trial of the matriarch of a South Florida family on charges of orchestrating the hit-man murder of her ex-son-in-law. Donna Adelson ...

Markel, of Jerome, was found dead on the property, about 100 yards from the dog. Florida Fish and Wildlife later confirmed a 263-pound male black bear killed Markel in the first recorded fatal ...