Winding down the mountain and through the rugged landscape of dense forest scattered with enormous rock formations, the road flattens out at the tiny, outdoor town of Ponca, Arkansas. With a population of fewer than 120 people, a post office, and a couple of wilderness outfitting stores, Ponca is the middle of nature-nowhere for the…

A hefty bull elk was found tangled between trees near Golden High School in Golden, Colorado, when wildlife officers were called to tranquillize the elk and carry out a potentially life-threatening rescue mission. Public relations manager of Colorado Parks and Wildlife Jason Clay, 38, filmed the rescue at 8 a.m. on Jan. 11, after local…

Colorado Wildlife officers successfully removed a tire from around the neck of a 600-pound male elk last month. The 4-year-old bull had been wearing the 20-pound tire for the last two years, first being sighted in July 2019. Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers had made several attempts to track him down to remove the cumbersome tire,…