Elk hoof disease researchers at Washington State University have found that several other bacterial species may be playing a role in the condition, "suggesting the disease involves multiple microbes ...

The project is rescheduled for the winters of 2025-2026 and 2026-2027. Researchers plan to capture 25 adult cows and up to 15 adult bulls each of the two winters and fit the elk with GPS collars. Elk ...

The Mount St. Helens elk herd has the highest prevalence of Treponema-Associated Hoof Disease of any other herd in the west. Here, technicians take data from a captured elk in the herd. Scientists ...

Dr. Margaret Wild, the Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine scientist heading up the effort to study hoof disease in elk, will soon be retiring. She recently summed up what that ...

DNR wildlife supervisor Doug Franke said the Grygla elk herd (pictured) is managed to a population between 30-38 animals. Elk population growth in Minnesota's three wild herds has stagnated and ...

Feb. 18—ST. PAUL — Research biologists from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and University of Minnesota-Twin Cities will begin capturing and collaring elk in early March for an in-depth ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation committed $100,000 to two research endeavors. One of the research projects is to develop chronic wasting disease tests for live animals. The other ...

They had a roundup in Wind Cave National Park on Wednesday, but it looked nothing like the cattle drives of the Old West. A contract helicopter crew packing a four-barreled net gun and a team of ...

Mar. 10—ST. PAUL — The Department of Natural Resources is postponing the elk research project in northwest Minnesota because of scheduling delays and unfavorable conditions to safely and successfully ...

The study builds upon the results from the first-ever research on the northwest elk herds conducted from 2016 to 2018. A cow elk is released after being fitted with a tracking collar during the winter ...