UCL (University College London) scientists have found that the closest living relative to the extinct Irish Elk (giant deer) lives on our shores. The team tested for DNA and skeletal features to prove ...
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Remarkable 5 Million-Year-Old Deer Fossils Shed Light on Cervid Evolution in North America
Recent discoveries of deer fossils are rewriting the story of cervid evolution in North America, with the unearthing of Eocoileus gentryorum at the Gray Fossil Site in Tennessee providing ...
Once written off as extinct, the silver-backed chevrotain forces scientists to confront how much of biodiversity still lives beyond our sight.
Researchers have determined that a unique set of antlers discovered in 1976 belonged to an extinct species of deer that existed more than 12,000 years ago. Aaron Huang Unsplash In 1976, during the ...
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Irish elk: the giant deer that towered over humans and went extinct 8,000 years ago
This photo shows how gigantic an Irish Elk looks compared to two humans. Megaloceros giganteus - literally "giant horn" - is the scientific name for this animal. If you're packing your bag to go find ...
It took nearly 50 years to work out the identity of a caribou-like fossil first discovered by construction workers. By Elie Dolgin In 1976, as jackhammers and backhoes carved a subway tunnel through ...
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