What if we chased elk back into the park on horseback ... a serious disease transmissible to cattle. Whether Yellowstone’s wild bison pose a similar threat is a matter of heated controversy.

A decades-old, barbed wire fence along Highway 74 near Evergreen is finally coming down — thanks to a first-of-its-kind partnership between a nonprofit and the State of Colorado.The rusting fence, ...

According to the report, CWD was detected in three new zones in 2024 — elk hunt areas 23, 84 and 126. Earlier this year, the ...

Since moving to southern end of Unit 5 10 years ago, and spending time in the woods spring, summer and fall, I’ve observed a significant decline in elk and deer signs and well-used trails, and ...

from 17 elk (Cervus elaphus), 15 mule deer (Odocoileus hermionus), and 17 antelope (Antilicapra americana), and contrasted them to wild African ruminants and pasture and grain-fed cattle. Results: ...

Earlier this month, the Eastern Shoshone voted to classify buffalo as wildlife instead of livestock. The change is a way to treat buffalo more like elk or deer rather than like cattle.

But the Park Service was under pressure from politically connected ranchers demanding perpetually renewable cattle grazing and dairy ranching leases, expanded agriculture options and culling of native ...