A record crowd ran into frigid Lake Michigan for the Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge on New Year’s Day, despite temperatures of 14 ...

Officials say Waukegan's annual Polar Bear Plunge event had over 600 people participating Thursday morning, the biggest ...

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) -- The 27th annual Waukegan Polar Bear Plunge took place in frigid weather Thursday morning: It's a New ...

EMPIRE, MI -- Michigan’s natural landmarks are inspired by the state’s wildlife, but one lakeside photo-op gets its name from a creature you’ll likely never see in the Great Lakes: alligators.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offers sandy dunes and beaches along Lake Michigan shores. You can buy passes from several sites in or near the national lakeshore or online. The National Park ...

A trail camera on private property in Hillman, Michigan, captured this photo of a black bear with a lid stuck on its neck. (Photo provided to Michigan Department of Natural Resources by Hillman ...

Michigan's Sleeping Bear Dunes is one of Michigan's best national parks and lakeshores thanks to its crystal-clear waters and 450-foot-tall sand dunes. Approximately 1.5 million people visit Sleeping ...

HILLMAN, Mich. — Michigan wildlife experts finally were able to trap a black bear and remove a large lid that was stuck around his neck — for two years. "It's pretty incredible that the bear survived ...