The 7- to 9-week-old cubs were seen without their mother on March 6 in the U.P. They were hunted out of existence in the state in the early 1900s.

For the first time in more than 100 years, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) says it has verified the existence of cougar cubs in the state. State biologists determined photos taken by an Ontonagon County resident on private land show the cougar cubs.

Two cougar cubs were spotted in Michigan for the first time in over a century.They were found without their mother on private land i