Wildlife

Bear sightings are on the rise in Missouri and the state wants you to let them know if you have an encounter with one of these predators. It's so easy to file a report, you can do it in way less than a minute even if you take your time.

Someone in Missouri has a pet they're not supposed to have. Let me rephrase that. Someone in Missouri USED to have a pet they're not supposed to have as a new dashcam video shows a thrilling police chase as concerned citizens helped capture an escaped (and illegal) lemur.

There are many that believe mountain lions rarely make an appearance in Missouri. Perhaps they should be aware that authorities in the state have confirmed that one of these big cats just killed an adult elk this week.

There are 6 times that a mountain lion was spotted in northeast Missouri where the report was confirmed by authorities.

Here's how to know that a mountain lion is near you in Missouri.

It's not often that you'll see an albino deer, but a new video shows something even better - 2 albino deer as they were having a 'loving moment' in a Wisconsin field.

Some people love seeing wildlife in their yard while others don't. If you're in the first camp, the state of Missouri has some recommendations about specific flowers that you can plant on your property that will attract wildlife.

If you're a bear in Wisconsin that isn't enjoying life, what do you do? You do the only sensible thing and that's head south into Illinois to see if there's more entertainment there. A new video shows this just might be the case for one big apex predator.

So a funny thing happened to a flying squirrel in Alton, Missouri today. Well, maybe funny isn't the right word, but we can all laugh about it now because the squirrel is going to be fine. The little critter found himself in quite a predicament stuck in a Missouri family's birdhouse.

If you're planning a weekend getaway to a lake in Illinois that's not far from St. Louis, you might want to know that there have been mountain lion sightings in the area.