The wild American black bear continues to expand its range further south into Lower Michigan, the DNR reports.

Despite their name, black bears can be blue-gray or blue-black, brown, cinnamon, or even (very rarely) white. Solitary animals, black bears roam large territories, though they do not protect them ...

Bears are expanding their range in Michigan. As many as 2,000 bears now live in the Lower peninsula, ranging from Traverse ...

The accompanying images show a coyote that I photographed last May as I stood alongside a road with dozens of others observing a cinnamon black bear with two cubs. Photo: ©Pete Thomas The bears ...

A bear will keep on moving if there is nothing tasty to eat such as bird seed, unsecured garbage or a food-splattered grill, ...