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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A three-year study that was recently completed shows that elk calves in Pennsylvania survive at a much lower rate than previously ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 10—ST. PAUL — The Department of Natural Resources is postponing the elk research project in northwest Minnesota because of ...

Understanding wildlife response to energy development is important on landscapes with high potential for resource production. Elk (Cervus elaphus) occur in many areas with potential for energy ...

Helicopter crews are capturing and collaring some 35 elk as part of two separate research projects now underway in North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. The DNR has wrapped up its annual winter survey ...

An elk leaped into a research helicopter that was trying to capture it and brought down the helicopter in a collision that also killed the elk, authorities said Tuesday. The elk jumped into the ...

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. — When the National Park Service (NPS) reintroduced elk in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2001 and 2002, wildlife biologists knew the exact number of animals on the ...