A Roosevelt elk at the Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area near Reedsport, Oregon. Credit: Martyne Reesman, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Chronic wasting disease, a prion protein disease that is ...

Despite the burgeoning elk herds in the Finley Wildlife Refuge and other parts of the Willamette Valley, Oregon's Roosevelt elk are in trouble. A quick look at their history will help to understand ...

URBANA, Ill. – Chronic Wasting Disease, a prion protein disease that is fatal in elk, deer, and other cervids, has spread rapidly across the United States since it was first identified in 1967. CWD ...

The paper, "PRNP variant frequencies in Roosevelt and Rocky Mountain elk (Cervus canadensis) from Oregon and their implications for chronic wasting disease," is published in the Journal of Heredity.

Earlier this month, on a whim, Desirea Pierce, 31, and her husband, Andres Sauseda, 32, left Apache Junction, Arizona, for a new adventure in Oregon. They’d never been and didn’t know a soul. Pierce ...