Caribou is also the only species in the deer family where both male and female grow antlers, whereas female elk do not grow antlers. Both mammals have dense coats of fur that help them withstand ...

A male Rocky Mountain elk is busy eating, but later perks up when he hears the mating call of a female. GrandCanyonNPS, Rader Lane/Zenger. There are now 74,000 Rocky Mountain Elk in the state of ...

An elk was captured on camera charging a man who was walking through the area. ... Burley said two male elk were challenging each other and about 30 female elk were nearby.

New research shows that an elk's personality type is a big factor in whether or not it survives the hunting season. Data collected from GPS collars on more than 100 male and female elk in ...

A couple in northern Colorado were recently sent fleeing into their home with their two dogs when a territorial female elk charged at them from across the street. Because Estes Park is surrounded ...

So why do they bugle only in the fall, and why do they do it? The months of September and October mark the rutting, or mating season for elk. This is the period of time when the bulls are trying to ...

To learn more, Thurfjell and his team spent almost six years tracking a population of 49 female elk with attachable GPS units to learn more about female elk behavior and their movement patterns. With ...

If elk talked, this one would have a story to tell. This fully grown female was in a bad spot. People were seeing it around Evergreen with the toy basketball hoop and net hopelessly wrapped around ...

Whereas male elk tend to live fast and die by age 5, some female elk have been known to live to the ripe old age of 20. Ecologist Henrik Thurfjell from the University of Alberta wanted to find out ...

It's the latest death in the herd, after three male elk died there in September 2017 and a female died in October 2020. ... The female elk was one of three added to the herd in the fall of 2020.