Michigan officials say there have been 26 cougar sightings in 2025, a record high. What to know about the big cats.

The number of cougar sightings in Michigan is increasing, with 27 reports in the Upper Peninsula so far during 2025.

MARQUETTE, Mich. – Michigan wildlife scientists have confirmed 2025 is now the third consecutive year of record-setting cougar sightings in the state’s Upper Peninsula – and there’s more than a month ...

Cougar sightings across Michigan are nearing last year’s number, at 20 sightings so far this year, with 21 reported in 2024, according to state conservation officials. The increased sightings may be ...

Michigan wildlife experts say 2025 marks the third straight year of record cougar sightings in the Upper Peninsula - with more than a month still left in the ...

Cougar cubs were spotted in the wild in Michigan on March 6. It's the first documented and confirmed sighting of cougar cubs since they were hunted out of existence in the early 1900s. The DNR said ...

According to the Michigan DNR, cougar cubs were hunted out of existence in Michigan in the early 1900s. Now, for the first time in over a hundred years, the DNR has verified the existence of two ...

Most people in Michigan's Upper Peninsula expect to spot deer or perhaps a black bear when traveling along rural roads. But a motorist who stopped to take pictures of what he thought were bobcat ...

DETROIT, Michigan (WXYZ) — For the first time in more than 100 years, cougar cubs have been verified in Michigan, according to the Michigan Department of Natural ...

A Michigan resident in the western part of the Upper Peninsula recently discovered something not seen in Michigan for more than a century — cougar cubs in the wild. State biologists on Wednesday ...