The side of a harvested bull elk and its prized antlers are transported the old-fashioned way—by mule. More than 72,000 hunters came to the lands around Yellowstone and Grand Teton in 2014 ...

Linda Veress, a Yellowstone National Park public affairs officer, told the Billings Gazette: "It's common for elk, bison and pronghorn to be at the school grounds, less so bears and wolves.

Though much larger than a wolf, elk make up most of Yellowstone's wolf population's prey in winter months. However, the fleeing elk is soon seen meeting up with its herd, where it recruits a ...