Researchers are using technology to better understand and track wildlife through the thicket of Northwest Montana's dense ...

Wildlife photographers and enthusiasts in Colorado and beyond are mourning the reported death of Split 5, an iconic elk heralded as Rocky Mountain National Park royalty for years.

Picture perfect capture by a Montana trail camera. Just when you thought Mother Nature couldn't surprise you anymore, she goes and creates an all white elk. It's truly a stunning sight to see when all ...

A Montana trail camera has captured images of a rare white elk traveling with ordinary brownish-tan elk. Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks stated via social media that the elk is not albino, but ...

When it comes to elk in Wyoming and Idaho, it's a case of different places, same problem. Herds are booming, but hunters can’t get on private land to ...

A single bighorn ewe kept a dozen or more rams busy for hours, butting heads and trying to mate with her. Observers say she ...

Collecting fallen (or “shed”) elk antlers is a popular pastime in elk-heavy places like Montana, but it’s usually a pretty low-tech, on-the-ground affair. That’s why last year’s story about a US Black ...

A helicopter pilot with the Montana National Guard has pleaded “no contest” to trespassing charges stemming from a fly-in shed-hunting incident in May 2025. The part-time pilot, Deni Lynn Draper, was ...

Elk bugling is most intense during the fall rut. Bulls call repeatedly to establish dominance and attract cows. This trip combines a slow river float with active elk movement nearby. Bugles echo ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. A few weeks ago I saw, like many of you, a most extraordinary story on the evening news. Four ...

PHILIPSBURG, Mont. — Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks game wardens are investigating the illegal shooting and abandonment of a cow and spike elk on private property between Georgetown Lake and the East ...

It was a once-in-a-lifetime sight that local photographer Beth Moos knew she needed to capture. On Sunday, in clear view of I-90 between Belgrade and Manhattan, stood four bull elk, submerged to their ...