There could be less opportunity to hunt on the National Elk Refuge during the upcoming hunting season. As the Jackson Elk ...

Deep inside a labyrinthine cave in southwestern France, ancient humans who lived around 30,000 years ago carved horses, ...

Winter feeding in wild elk herds in Wyoming generally provides economic benefits to the state, but if chronic wasting disease (CWD) enters the picture, those benefits could dry up, according to a ...

A farmer near Plunkett has said the deer and elk herds are “out of control” in his area. Willen said the area has needed a fall open season for the past two years due to overflowing elk populations.

JACKSON — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department on Tuesday announced that chronic wasting disease was detected in an elk carcass at the Black Butte Feedground in the Pinedale region, making it ...

“The deer and the elk herd here, in our opinion at least, it’s out of control,” he said. Martin said he sees around 400 deer and 300 elk each day, eating up feed and damaging silage and fencing. He ...

JACKSON — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department on Tuesday announced that chronic wasting disease was detected in an elk carcass at the Black Butte Feedground in the Pinedale region, making it ...

The Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, which works with the DNR to identify CWD in Michigan’s wild deer herd, confirmed the CWD finding ... disease that affects white-tailed ...

The disease's reach is already extensive. Justin Binfet, deputy chief of wildlife for Wyoming Game and Fish, told Mountain Journal CWD has been detected in 22 of 34 defined elk herds statewide, and in ...

Biological samples will also be collected to assess herd health and genetic diversity. Cow elk will also be fitted with transmitters so researchers know when they give birth, allowing researchers ...