Though winter is usually thought of a “slow” time for bears—a time in which they are hibernating in their winter dens, sleeping though most of the winter chill—this ignores the literal labor that most ...

SWAN VALLEY — When a young black bear awoke in his new den in a cottonwood grove along Rumble Creek last week, he probably thought he was alone. He was wrong. The orphaned bruin was released by ...

Michigan is home to many species of animals and as winter gives way to spring there is an on-going effort to measure the population of one of the mitten's largest residents. The Michigan Department of ...