With what locals say is an unprecedentedly mild winter, elk are bailing out of the National Elk Refuge near Jackson, ...

Dozens of measures are on the table for the Jackson Herd, and another handful for the Pinedale Herd as part of a long-term effort to keep elk populations healthy in the face of an unprecedented ...

CORRECTION: Predicted CWD prevalence rates and population sizes have been updated in the third paragraph of this story. The prior numbers used were for a slightly broader geographic area, but the ...

Mountain lions are solitary hunters that prey largely on mule deer and elk within the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, although ...

Wildlife officials say elk are leaving the National Elk Refuge in western Wyoming by the thousands. The official refuge count on Wednesday fell below a 2,500 threshold that allows for the opening of ...

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Wildlife managers have decided to stop supplemental feeding on the National Elk Refuge in northwest Wyoming earlier than normal because warm weather is melting snow and opening up ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Winter wildlife watchers should consider a trip to the 24,700-acre National Elk Refuge near Jackson, Wyoming, in February to see ...

JACKSON, Wyo. – Managers of the National Elk Refuge in northwest Wyoming are seeing mixed results halfway into a 15-year management plan that set objectives for elk and bison populations, habitat ...

Congress gave Wyoming $20,000 in 1911 to feed, protect and transplant elk and the next year bought land for the National Elk Refuge, according to a history written by the Game and Fish department. The ...

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — There may be too many elk gathered at the National Elk Refuge in northwest Wyoming. Potentially twice the desired number of elk are believed to be gathered right now, wolfing down ...

Like plenty of other Wyoming stockgrowers, Luke Lancaster is an outdoorsman who appreciates seeing wildlife on his Star Valley ranch. There’ve been exceptions. A hefty herbivore that runs in big herds ...