Elk and caribou are both members of the deer family and are herbivores. However, an adult elk is taller and weighs more than an adult caribou. Caribou is also the only species in the deer family ...

By analyzing mule deer herds in Wyoming, researchers predict that hunters can help slow the spread of CWD by increasing ...

Hunters have through June 16 to apply for one of 13 elk licenses offered this year by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. “We have native elk herds and managing them involves balancing ...

Long feared by wildlife advocates, Wyoming has documented the first case of an elk testing positive for chronic wasting disease on one of its winter feedgrounds. The adult cow elk was found dead ...

An adult cow elk found dead on the Scab Creek feedground in late December tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease. This marks the third documented case of the disease in Wyoming’s Elk Hunt Area 98 ...

for a total of 80 adult elk. The plan is to capture and collar elk from both Kittson County herds, along with the Grygla herd. Because it couldn't conduct an aerial count last winter, the DNR was ...

In the Caribou-Vita survey block, the DNR counted zero elk on the Minnesota side of the border and 134 elk – 128 antlerless ...

for a total of 80 adult elk. The DNR also is working with the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, in coordination with other tribal entities, local governments, landowners and other ...