"We've documented reproduction." Officials confirm rare wildlife sighting after motorist captures striking photo: 'Pretty ...

As the weather warms, thousands of hungry black bears across northern Michigan will leave their dens and go hunting for food ...

For years, officials with the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) hired about five seasonal piping plover monitors to ...

Black bear mating season takes place during the summer, but embryos do not begin to develop until the mother bear enters her ...

Monarch butterflies are making their flight north after wintering in Mexico. Here's what to know about the fascinating, fragile traveler.

Wildlife lovers are invited to attend guided birding tours at several Wetlands across Michigan. As birds return to Michigan’s ...

An eastern massasauga rattlesnake, a protected species, was recently killed at the U-M Matthaei Botanical Gardens and Nichols Arboretum.

It’s spring — the weekend weather notwithstanding — so Michigan’s 12,000 bears will soon be waking up from hibernation, if not already out again. As the weather warms, thousands of hungry black bears ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says it will rehire the hundreds of probationary employees who were fired en masse on Feb. 14.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Employees are contracted out by the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to administer sea ...

There were only an estimated 12 to 17 nesting pairs found in the wild in the 1980s. Michigan wildlife officials have helped protect the population at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore by ...

A new beer from Saugatuck Brewing Co. is focused on raising awareness and supporting the conservation of lake sturgeon.