Growing large elk antlers. Porkolab thinks Pennsylvania’s elk are able to have a variety of unique characteristics for ...

Large elk gets antlers tangled in downed wires; Oregon state police, wildlife biologists come to the rescue: Video. Updated: Sep. 27, 2020, 7:48 a.m.

Jennifer Jones, a backpacker who recently encountered the bull elk while camping at Grand Teton’s Bearpaw Lake along with ...

Extinct elk species had antlers that were too big to make sense. For decades we thought the Irish elk’s body size alone explained why it had enormous antlers, but the truth may be more complicated.

A wildlife photographer and an elk expert share stories of some of the unusual elk that have lived in Pennsylvania and offer advice to see them.

Growing large elk antlers. Porkolab thinks Pennsylvania’s elk are able to have a variety of unique characteristics for several different reasons. “One of the main ones being age.

Large males can weigh several hundred pounds and stand 5 feet tall at the shoulder. Today, more than 1 million elk can be found across North America, primarily in the western half of the continent.

With Pennsylvania’s elk becoming more active in September, a tenured wildlife photographer and an elk expert share some of their stories about unique and unusual bulls as well as advice on how ...

The extinct giant deer was similar in size to the living elk - or moose as it's known in North America - but with much bigger antlers. This species, Alces alces, is the elk after which the Irish elk ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — As spring returns to Montana, so do the shed hunters. Those who trek through forests and foothills in search of naturally dropped antlers from elk, deer, and moose. These ...

Large animals are more efficient at expending energy, and as cervids grew in size, their antlers got bigger both absolutely and proportionally to their body, according to Ummat Somjee, who’s ...