Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bull elk at Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA If you’re lucky enough to spend your autumn days exploring the Rocky Mountains ...

This article was originally featured on High Country News. It’s a crisp fall evening in Grand Teton National Park. A mournful, groaning call cuts through the dusky blue light: a male elk, bugling. The ...

It’s a crisp fall evening in Grand Teton National Park. A mournful, groaning call cuts through the dusky-blue light: a male elk, bugling. The sound ricochets across the grassy meadow. A minute later, ...

It’s a crisp fall evening in Grand Teton National Park. A mournful, groaning call cuts through the dusky blue light: a male elk, bugling. The sound ricochets across the grassy meadow. A minute later, ...

Courtesy of Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Hearing an elk bugle in the wild can sound otherworldly: high pitched, but also guttural, sound, sometimes even seeming to have a metallic resonance. These ...

Elk bugling is unlike any trumpet or trombone that you’ve ever heard, according to wildlife area manager Bryan Swearingen. "All bull elk will bugle, but most of the bugling that you hear out here ...

The bugle of the male elk is considered by some to be one of the most magical calls in nature, and considered by others to be one of the more haunting. Most commonly heard around dusk and dawn between ...