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Examine the various changes undergone by an elk's coat from winter to summer and from nursing calves to adults who eventually separate to form new herds
A male American elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, U.S. Male elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis). A male American elk, or wapiti, lifts his head to sound a call.
Listen to the bugling call of an elk.
What is a trophic cascade?
Rocky Mountain National Park elk shedding velvet
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Examine the various changes undergone by an elk's coat from winter to summer and from nursing calves to adults who eventually separate to form new herds
American elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) graze in the meadows. Nursing calves...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Listen to the bugling call of an elk.
The bugling call of an elk.
Video: NPS/Jay Elhard
What is a trophic cascade?
Learn how small changes in the food pyramid can upend the ecosystem.
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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Elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis).
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A male American elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) in Yellowstone National...
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Male elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis).
Alan Carey
A male American elk, or wapiti, lifts his head to sound a call.
Jeff Vanuga/Corbis Royalty-free
Rocky Mountain National Park
Elk grazing at Moraine Park, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
Rocky Mountain National Park; photograph, Crystal Brindle
elk shedding velvet
Elk (Cervus elaphus canadensis) shedding velvet.
Wayne Lankinen/Bruce Coleman Inc.
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