Love, or at least procreation, is in the air — especially in the animal kingdom. It is now the height of mating season for the Rocky Mountain Elk. From mid-September to mid-October, males form harems ...

The Woodland Park Zoo has bid farewell to Goodwyn, its only male elk. The 20-year-old was euthanized in July due to a significant decline in his health and quality of life, according to the zoo. The ...

TikToker @backyard_birding recently caught a rare backyard moment that most of us will never get to see. Two young male bucks wandered into the yard and found themselves face-to-face, unsure if they ...

Prey respond to predation risk with a range of behavioral tactics that can vary based on space use and hunting mode of the predator. Unlike other predators, human hunters are often more spatially and ...

Footage of the moment a dog was allowed to run toward a group of wild elk has left people stunned this week. Filmed in 2021 by Canadian photographer Alec McGrath, he and his wife were in the Banff ...

A man received a sudden lesson in wildlife safety at Jasper National Park after trying to take photos of a bull elk at uncomfortably close range. In a video shared by infamous Instagram account ...

A young male bull elk used Salt Creek to make his way through north Lincoln during Monday’s morning commute. Authorities chased the animal, thought to be wild, for more than an hour before it ...

Nature is fairly consistent when it comes to animal noises. For the most part, bigger animals make bigger and deeper sounds. But there are exceptions, of course. The claws of the little pistol shrimp ...

Pneumonia may have caused the death last week of an elk that had been part of the herd at Busse Woods, Forest Preserves of Cook County officials said Monday. The 4-year-old female died March 8 within ...