Cougars have been detected 31 times in Michigan in 2025, the highest since they were wiped out in the early 1900s.

Michigan DNR officials presented the Natural Resources Commission with a budget overview in January, with a specific focus on ...

The latest data from the DNR shows confirmed cougar sightings surged in 2025, the latest sign that cougars once again live in ...

Officials say there are some changes to the 2026 season, such as the number of turkey management units, which are designated areas open to hunters.

Jutting out into Lake Superior is the Keweenaw Peninsula, home to Michigan’s Copper Country. This is where the earliest known ...

Late last month, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) verified a Dec. 6 photo of an adult cougar being followed ...

By the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Michigan elk hunters faced challenging weather and storm-ravaged terrain to ...

Whether you’re looking out to Lake Michigan from the overlook 220 steps up or weaving through the two-mile forest loop to the ...

Building on a longstanding partnership with Indigenous nations, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources is intensifying its commitment to sowing manoomin, a native aquatic rice and staple of the ...

This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com. MARQUETTE — The group that regulates hunting and fishing ...

LANSING — Michigan’s spring turkey hunting season application period is open now through Sunday, Feb. 1, with applications costing $5 each, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

In a recent meeting, state wildlife regulators said armadillos are in Michigan, but some officials say they don’t think the animals are established here — yet.