The extinct giant deer was similar in size to the living elk - or moose as it's known in North America - but with much bigger antlers. This species, Alces alces, is the elk after which the Irish elk ...

The Irish elk, or Megaloceros giganteus, ranged across northern Eurasia from Siberia to Ireland and shed its giant antlers every year. It is on display in the David H. Koch Hall of Fossils—Deep ...

Imagine stepping into a misty, ancient Irish forest, the ground trembling beneath your feet as a colossal shape emerges ...

Commonly called the ‘Irish elk,” these deer weighed upwards of 1,500 pounds. This specimen is currently housed at the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. Paolo Viscardi, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The name “Irish elk” is a misleading one, however, as these creatures are neither elks nor exclusively found in Ireland. These massive animals are technically categorized as deer and could be ...

Irish elk thrived in Ireland when the weather was suitable on the grass plains, said Dr Mike Simms, a palaeontologist at the Ulster Museum. But the sprouting of dense forest around 10,000 years ...

Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) have been extinct for more than 10,000 years, and were one of the largest deer species to ever roam the Earth, according to the University of California Museum of ...

MNN lists the Irish elk as one such species that could potentially be resurrected thanks to cloning. 2 An Irish elk skeleton on display at the Bristol Museum (Flickr) ...

Meet the Irish elk: an enormous extinct deer with a pair of comically large antlers to boot. The ancient behemoth’s unusual appendages, which measure a whopping 3.5 meters (11.5 feet) from tip ...

Mounted skeleton at the National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC An ancient Irish giant found in a coal shed is up for auction in County Kilkenny next week. The skull and antlers of a ...