The black bear population is on the rise across Michigan and pushing further and further south, according to the DNR.

Officials later claimed to have hunted down and killed the animal, although conservationists claimed they had shot a different bear. From our ... to your inbox. Sign up Following the announcement ...

Seven orphaned black bear cubs that were raised at the Wildlife Center of Virginia over the past year have now been returned to the wild. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.