Yellowstone is home to several herds, with the Northern Yellowstone herd being the most famous and extensively studied elk population in North America. These elk migrate seasonally — spending winters ...

A man was thrown to the ground by a bull elk at Yellowstone National Park after getting too close during the rutting season. The large bull was about to square off with a rival male when he was ...

Getting too close to wildlife is always a bad idea, but doing so during mating season can be downright dangerous. A new viral ...

A bull elk wandered through crowded Colorado cities looking for love during the height of mating season, also known as the rut, wildlife officials said. Colorado Parks and Wildlife Northeast Region on ...

A bull elk chases after his herd during the elk rut in Estes Park on Sept. 10. Locals and tourists alike have begun to flock to the eastern side of Rocky Mountain National Park and areas surrounding ...

When humans fall into a rut, it’s understood that our lives have become routine and boring. When a road becomes rutted, overuse in wet conditions have resulted in a dangerous drive. But if you’re a ...

With their magnificent antlers and bugling calls, bull elk are at their most impressive during the rutting season, so it may be tempting to get close for a better look at them, but as these tourists ...

Four moose, including famed bull “Elk Antler,” were killed by speeding drivers in Grand Teton National Park over the past ...

Few calls of the wild evoke as much excitement and intrigue as the bugle of a rutting bull elk…except maybe for multiple bugles from multiple bulls as they challenge each other while persuading cows ...

The bull died in the shade, and when I came to his side, I just about collapsed. I remember resting my forehead on his right antler, struggling to gather my breath in the thin air. The 4×4 was not the ...