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 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.

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