Wyoming’s wild bison are the first of the ungulates (hooved animals) to kick off the fall breeding season, or rut. For bison, the rut starts in July, but really gets going in August and carries into ...

ESTES PARK, Colo. — The elk mating period has begun in Colorado. Starting Sept. 1, Rocky Mountain National Park officials institute their annual closures to prevent disturbance and harassment of elk ...

Deer rut is a biological spectacle that takes place every year in Illinois throughout the state with an estimated 660,000 individuals. And it happens without most of us even knowing about it. In ...

Even though California has the biggest population and some of the biggest cities in the country, 97 percent of its land is rural. And about 24 percent of it is protected as public wilderness.