Lt. Ashley Jackson, of DNR Conservation District No. 1 in northern Indiana, says he hasn’t heard of any cougar reports in the past year, but there was a spate of reports during the pandemic.

A reported cougar, sighted and photographed near Hwy. 54 between North Bend and Galesville in southern Jackson County, is actually not a cougar, according to a pair of wildlife officials. However ...

On May 5, 2022, a trail camera photo was captured of a cougar in northern Ontonagon County. This is about 130 miles from where a Dec. 31, 2021, photo was captured in Menominee County. (Michigan DNR) ...

Similarly the Wisconsin DNR tallied about 120 confirmed or probably cougar sightings from Jan. 2017 through Jan. 2024. Evidence, when found, was from male cougars only.

The Michigan DNR confirmed the first cougar cub sightings in Michigan in more than 100 years this week. Brian Roell, a large carnivore specialist for the DNR, led the team that verified the cubs.