Though much larger than a wolf, elk make up most of Yellowstone's wolf population's prey in winter months. However, the fleeing elk is soon seen meeting up with its herd, where it recruits a ...

Elk are found throughout the United States, but not every state. For example, elk is completely non-existent in Georgia and ...

The wintering population is lower, with around 4,000 elk. Wolves also prey on livestock in the agriculture-rich West. From eastern Washington to northern Colorado, ranchers in wolf country are forced ...

Mark Hebblewhite is a professor of ungulate habitat ecology at the University of Montana. He and the University’s W.A. Franke ...