At nearly 7 feet tall and 1,600 pounds, an average bull Alaska moose is dwarfed by the biggest of all land animals, the African elephant. Elephants grow up to 13 feet tall and weigh from 5,000 to ...

Moose are the largest members of the deer family. Cow moose in Alaska can weigh as much as 800 pounds, while bull moose can be twice that size. –Moose image courtesy of the U.S. Fish and ...

Alaska is home to the largest moose population in the U.S., with around 200,000, according to a wildlife tracker. But nowhere on Earth has as many moose as Canada.

The moose’s Alaska Department of Fish & Game radio collar had been cut off. The moose was a two-and-a-half-year-old bull, killed in late September at Mile 10 of K-Beach Road, according to troopers.

A cow, a female moose, is just as likely to charge as a bull, especially if she perceives that her offspring are in danger. “Mom is going to go into protect mode,” Mr. Libbey said.

A 500-pound moose was stuck in a basement in the town of Soldotna. The one-year bull apparently was enjoying some veggies when it fell through a window well into a home's basement.