Elk are the second largest animals in the deer family. Fully grown male elk, or bulls, average about five feet tall at the shoulders and can weigh as much as 1,100 pounds. Their antlers can reach five ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Visitors at Yellowstone National Park got an up-close look at a nature documentary in the making when two bull elks went head to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The annual elk breeding season, known as the rut, is underway in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The rut can be exciting to ...

Clocks fall back one hour this weekend, leading to more vehicles on the road when it’s dark outside. While people generally look forward to the extra hour of sleep, there’s also a dangerous spike in ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — The air is growing crisp, and the dramatic and dangerous annual Elk mating season is underway in Yellowstone National Park and surrounding regions from September to ...

Gatlinburg — Park rangers in the Smokies are now warning visitors after a woman posted video on Facebook showing elk crowded around a tree this weekend. She says their aggressive behavior forced a man ...

When imagining the start of fall in the Rocky Mountains, many people think of the cool, quiet air, the dabs of yellow and orange in the leaves, and the hints of snow starting to fall as late September ...

ESTES PARK, Colorado -- Wildlife officials in Colorado are warning people to keep their distance from elk during their mating season after a bull charged people, knocked a woman down and repeatedly ...