October 27, 2016: Bull Elk, Banff National Park
October 27, 2016
Some recent scenes of elk during mating season, Banff National Park.
Some recent scenes of elk during mating season, Banff National Park.
Our series on Celebrating Nature on Seven Continents turns its focus on the elk of Estes Park, Colorado.
Denmark’s turning loose its first wild elk in 5000 years, and hopes they’ll find their way to a permanent population.
Denmark’s wildlife is getting a bit wilder, some on its own, and some by careful intervention. The big news (anything about an elk is big) is the re-introduction of elk to Denmark after a 5000-year absence. Five young Swedish elk have been given a new habitat on Denmark’s Jutland peninsula, in an area that is the largest raised bog in Northern Europe. They’ll hopefully become part of a self-sustaining ecosystem in the area. Recently, a beaver was spotted building a dam on a golf…
Male Elk Photo: Malene Thyssen / Wikimedia In Spring, they say, a young man’s fancy turns to love—but for young elks, the time is now, September through October. Sweden’s National Wildlife Accident Council is taking…
In the past week, we’ve covered reports of multiple people gored by bison while taking selfies and a report yesterday about an angry elephant breaking
A few springs ago I was visiting Denver and decided to make an overnight trip to Rocky Mountain National Park, through Estes Park.
I stayed at Jane’s comfortable cottage, a short walk from the western edge of North America, for the first 2 nights of my birthday road trip
There are many things I love about summer, one of which is getting out into the sunshine, exploring, and getting close to nature…but not too close. On a recent visit to Banff, my brother and I pulled into a parking lot for…
Some recent scenes of elk during mating season, Banff National Park.
Our series on Celebrating Nature on Seven Continents turns its focus on the elk of Estes Park, Colorado.
Denmark’s turning loose its first wild elk in 5000 years, and hopes they’ll find their way to a permanent population.
Denmark’s wildlife is getting a bit wilder, some on its own, and some by careful intervention. The big news (anything about an elk is big) is the re-introduction of elk to Denmark after a 5000-year absence. Five young Swedish elk have been given a new habitat on Denmark’s Jutland peninsula, in an area that is the largest raised bog in Northern Europe. They’ll hopefully become part of a self-sustaining ecosystem in the area. Recently, a beaver was spotted building a dam on a golf…
Male Elk Photo: Malene Thyssen / Wikimedia In Spring, they say, a young man’s fancy turns to love—but for young elks, the time is now, September through October. Sweden’s National Wildlife Accident Council is taking…
In the past week, we’ve covered reports of multiple people gored by bison while taking selfies and a report yesterday
A few springs ago I was visiting Denver and decided to make an overnight trip to Rocky Mountain
I stayed at Jane’s comfortable cottage, a short walk from the western edge of North America, for the first 2 nights of my birthday road trip
There are many things I love about summer, one of which is getting out into the sunshine, exploring, and getting close to nature…but not too close. On a recent visit to Banff, my brother and I pulled into a parking lot for…