September marks the beginning of mating season for the native elk population, which kicked off the bout between the two elk. There are anywhere from 10,000 - 20,000 elk at Yellowstone during the ...

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 ...

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 ...

ESTES PARK, Colorado – Loveland resident Bob Monacelli grabbed his camera and rushed to a field off U.S. 287 to watch three bull elk spotted just north of Derby Hill in early August. “There were quite ...

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 ...

Rocky Mountain National Park will close its meadow areas Sept. 1, representing the start of fall mating season for elk in the park. The closures will be in place between 5 p.m. and 10 a.m. for meadow ...

Now a story about a wild animal making a comeback in Appalachia - not B.J. Leiderman, who writes our theme music. Roxy Todd of member station Radio IQ takes us to the top of a former strip mine in ...

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 ...

Two large elk went head to head in an unbelievable battle of dominance. Visitors at Yellowstone National Park got an up-close look at a nature documentary in the making when two bull elks went head to ...