The Michigan Department of Natural Resources estimates approximately 2,000 bears live in the Lower Peninsula, which increased sightings around Traverse City, Grand Rapids, and Midland.

And eventually, the bugs that are limited to a few sites in southeast Michigan will make their way throughout the Lower Peninsula. “It’s just a matter of time,” said Harrison, a Michigan ...

Michigan is home to about 13,000 black bears, with 1,700 of them in the northern Lower Peninsula, per the DNR. The agency recommends the following to avoid conflicts with bears: ...

Sherry Raifsnider and Miranda VanCleave work to remove a lid from the neck of an immobilized black bear near Hillman, ...

Michigan wildlife experts finally were able to trap a black bear and remove a large lid that was stuck around his neck — for ...

The young black bear, which had been carrying a lid stuck around its neck since 2023, was captured by state wildlife biologists in Montmorency County in early June, the Michigan Department of ...

Many places in Michigan, including cities and streets, have French-origin names, a remnant of the state's past. Here's what to know.

A Michigan bear is feeling much, much better. Wildlife experts finally were able to trap a black bear and remove a large lid that was stuck around his neck for two years.

Michigan wildlife experts finally were able to trap a black bear and remove a large lid that was stuck around his neck — for two years. “It’s pretty incredible that the bear survived and was ...

In this image provided by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, wildlife biologist Angela Kujawa collects data from an immobilized black bear after a lid was removed from the animal’s ...

The neck of a black bear is shown after a lid was removed after two years on June 3, 2025, near Hillman, Michigan. Norton said it's not precisely known how the lid got stuck on the bear's neck.