The annual elk breeding season, known as the rut, is underway in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The rut can be exciting to witness, but it can also be dangerous, as elk are especially ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For those looking to catch sight of an elk in the Smokies, the annual elk breeding season is underway in the Great Smoky Mountains ...

Fields in the Cataloochie area of Great Smoky Mountains National Park have been closed to tourist during elk breeding season, the park says. NPS / Victoria Stauffenberg Hungry bears are typically a ...

Fall in the Smokies wouldn't be complete without seeing the elk herd. The fields in Cataloochee were empty late Tuesday morning. But--if you're lucky, you could come across the herd there. "The elk ...

Great Smoky Mountains Natl. Park — As the leaves begin to change in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, so does the behavior of elk. In the Cataloochee and Oconaluftee areas of the park, elk are ...

A 17-year-old was taken into custody after a car crashed into a house in Knoxville, injuring a man, the Knoxville Police Department said. Paul Preece, Jr., of Seymour, who won the first season of ...