The Wyoming Game and Fish Department on Tuesday announced that chronic wasting disease was detected in an elk carcass at the ...

Onslaught of infections suggests that feeding operations are exacerbating the spread of a deadly prion disease that’s making ...

When it comes to common names, there is no common ground. To make things worse, many Europeans call elk, wapiti. The name wapiti comes from the Shawnee and Cree Indian word meaning “white rump.” ...

Males are territorial, and females lay eggs in plants. 5. Wapiti The wapiti, also known as the Canadian elk, is one of the largest deer in the world. Its coat changes from reddish in spring to ...

to try to get central North Island sika deer and Fiordland’s wapiti elk labelled as herds. It has proved to be no easy feat as the approach, which aims to balance hunting and conservation ...