“Haley is such a special and inquisitive bear,” said Mike Murray, VP of life sciences for the Detroit Zoological Society. “We ...

(WXYZ) — The Detroit Zoo announced on Wednesday it has welcomed the arrival of a 22-year-old polar bear named Haley.

Hunters in New York harvested an estimated 1,685 bears during the 2024 hunting seasons, said officials at the New York State ...

Purple martins are returning from South America. The first "scouts" have been spotted in Michigan. What to know.

A new community manager at the Hazel Park Ice Arena recently brought back public skating, a tradition that was on hiatus since the pandemic.

ORONO, Maine (WABI) - This Saturday, playoff hockey returns to Alfond Arena. On Wednesday the University of Maine held a pep ...

Discover how black bears, raccoons, and opossums survive Michigan’s frost — through torpor, denning and foraging.

Two Steuben County bears were among the heaviest harvested in 2024, while a WMU in Steuben and Chemung counties had one of the highest bear densities.

Michigan is home to many species of animals and as winter gives way to spring there is an on-going effort to measure the ...

The DNR gave everyone a peek inside that process this week when it posted an update into its den-check program on its social media page. It also included pictures of some tiny and incredibly cute cubs ...

Den checks help the state gather information on Michigan's black bear population, which totals around 12,000, mostly in the ...

Edition, an IPR journalist brings you up to speed on what’s going on in northern Michigan, and what IPR is working on this ...