This silent 1930s film explores the challenges of elk conservation in the United States, focusing on the harsh winter conditions and the efforts of rangers and state game wardens to protect elk ...

Not even park rangers are off limits for angry bull elk.

Yellowstone is home to some of North America's most iconic wildlife, including the Big Five. Here's what you need to know ...

Staff in Yellowstone National Park observed the first grizzly bear tracks of 2025 earlier this month — signaling the very ...

Wolves culled the elk. Fewer elk means more aspens can grow. More beavers are attracted to the trees. It's called a trophic ...

Notoriously elusive, cougars vary their range in response to their prey, mostly elk and deer. In winter they favor the shallow snow in the northern reaches of Yellowstone. This cougar was caught ...

He’s a patient man, and a professional. He said: “Not yet.” Bison and elk share winter ranges in Greater Yellowstone—these are in the National Elk Refuge near Jackson, Wyoming. Both can ...

Thirty years after their reintroduction in Yellowstone, wolves have proven their ecological worth, at least in the context of ...

“In the winter months [in Yellowstone], wolves are primarily feeding on adult elk and bison,” she says. “Usually elk and bison are very weak at this time of year due to the harsh winter conditions, so ...

Three decades after their reintroduction, Yellowstone’s wolves have transformed the park. What’s next for the ecosystem and ...