What do elk eat? Well, for starters, they eat a lot. Big animals need lots of fuel, and elk are massive creatures. Mature bulls often weigh more than 700 pounds, and cows go between 500 and 600. On ...

Elk are some of the most impressive grazers in North America — and with good reason. A mature bull can top 700 pounds, which means it has to eat nearly 25 pounds of food every single day just to stay ...

LEWIS, Colo. - Rancher Clint Simmons has grown used to nights with little sleep - not only because it is calving season - but because a large herd of elk is making itself at home on his farm. "We are ...

A handful of curious elk wandered down the ridge Friday afternoon to the Oak Creek feeding station, where many of their brethren had already started eating their daily 1:30 p.m. meal of hay. Many of ...