What is the rut and how are humans impacting the rut? The rut is probably the most vital event in a species’ yearly life cycle. The rut is the mating season, usually fall, for many large mammals. It ...

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 ...

As I was driving along a primitive road through the thick brush along the Snake River, I saw the wiggle of a white-tailed deer through the brush. I stopped and made a slow stalk through the weeds and ...

Uncrowned is a new destination for all things MMA, boxing, wrestling, and more, featuring Ariel Helwani. “Great chance to get some photos,” I thought. After carefully shutting the truck door, I walked ...

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 ...

When someone says they’re stuck in ‘a rut,’ our minds jump to a problem that needs to be fixed. However, when a nature enthusiast or hunter mentions ‘the rut,’ our minds think of deer. The rut happens ...

Idaho has some of the most pristine wilderness in the country, largely undisturbed for generations. And as unchanging as the seasons, each fall, white-tail deer and mule deer go a little wilder than ...