The 7- to 9-week-old cubs were found on private land in Ontonagon County in the western Upper Peninsula. A local residents photographed them.

For the first time in over 100 years, the Michigan DNR has verified the existence of cougar cubs in the state. The two cubs were spotted in Ontonagon County.

Wildlife officials confirm the first cougar kittens born in Michigan in over 100 years. However, they haven't been seen in over a week.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has verified cougar cubs have been found living in the state for the first time in more than 100 years.

For the first time in more than a century, cougar cubs have been spotted living in the Michigan wild. On Wednesday, state biologists confirmed two cougar cubs were on private land in Ontonagon County in the western Upper Peninsula.

Two cougar cubs were found in Ontonagon County in the western Upper Peninsula and verified by the Michigan DNR.

The news Thursday that cougar cubs had turned up in the Upper Peninsula — Michigan’s first confirmed wild cubs in more than a century — sparked both elation and worry. The elation came that a female cougar may have actually made the 900-plus-miles journey from most likely the Black Hills of South Dakota to end

Cougar cubs have been found in Michigan. It’s the first time the existence of cubs have been verified by the DNR in more than 100 years. State biologists with the Michigan DNR confirmed that there are two cougar cubs on private land in Ontonagon County in the Western Upper Peninsula.

For the first time in more than 100 years, cougar cubs have been discovered living in the Michigan wild. State biologists on Wednesday confirmed the existence of two cougar cubs on private land in Ontonagon County in the western Upper Peninsula.

For the first time in more than 100 years, cougar cubs have been verified in Michigan, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.