The wapiti, or North American elk, is a creature of immense strength and presence. In this video, we capture the raw power of two bull wapiti in a head-to-head clash during rutting season—when ...

1. Arizona According to the Boone & Crockett Club, which has maintained big game records in American for nearly 200 years, Arizona is the place to go for the biggest non-typical bull elk in the ...

Summary American elk at the National Zoological Park. Cite as Smithsonian Institution Archives, Acc. 14-167, Image No. NZP-0859 Repository Loc. Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite ...

Density dependence plays a key role in life-history characteristics and population ecology of large, herbivorous mammals. We designed a manipulative experiment to test hypotheses relating effects of ...

Large, herbivorous mammals have profound effects on ecosystem structure and function and often act as keystone species in ecosystems they inhabit. Densitydependent processes associated with population ...