But while antlers are sometimes confused for horns, they are unique to the broader deer family and anatomically distinct, said David Petersen, a nature writer and author of the book “Racks ...

Regular readers will recall that I sometimes refer to deer antlers as "horns" just to aggravate those who worry about such things. (I know, I will try to do better.) Several states in the sound of ...

Deer antler shedding season is right around the corner, or even occurring now for a small part of the population. While a lot of people call them horns, there is actually clear differences between ...

The animal kingdom is brutal. To survive, many animals have evolved with built-in weapons, including horns, quills, shells, claws, and tusks, to name a few. Members of the Cervidae family — including ...

IN continuation of my remarks on the eating of shed deer-horns by other deer, I have to add that six shed horns in various stages of erosion have been sent to me from Sutherlandshire. They each ...

They were interested in the early stages of development when the species typically start to grow horns. Comparison showed that the cow RNA had similarities to the deer RNA, and both lacked ...

THE question is often asked, What becomes of the horns shed every year in the deer forests? the number picked up or found hardly accounts for all those which have been shed. It is said that the ...