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The Irish Elk, known scientifically as Megaloceros giganteus, is a captivating species that roamed the Earth during the Late Pleistocene epoch, up to about 7,700 years ago. Despite its name, this ...

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7 A giant deer or Irish Elk skeleton on display in Leeds City Museum, UK Credit: Alamy Irish Elk While today's elk stand roughly 1.2m tall, their Pleistocene ancestor stood nearly double that.

The collections hold fascinating and unique objects, from Arctic-dried plants in the herbarium to fossilised remains of a now-extinct Giant Irish Elk. The collections tells unique stories, featuring ...

A significant almost-complete Giant Irish Elk skeletal specimen also forms the Whitehead Collection and is on display at the Bioscience Department Atrium. There are other skeletal remains, some from ...

De-extinction scientists have turned their attention to species from more 'recent' times — notably the Quaternary Period, which includes creatures such as woolly mammoths and the Tasmanian tiger ...

Highlights Giant deer antlers Giant deer antlers The Grant Museum’s magnificent giant deer skull and antlers are among the largest of their kind in the world. Also known as the Irish Elk, these ...

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 ...

Enormous Extinct Deer Had Even More Enormous Antlers – But We Don't Know Why The Irish elk’s body size can't solely explain its outrageous antlers as previously thought.

Measuring 3.5 metres from tip to tip, the antlers of the extinct Irish elk (Megaloceros giganteus) were the largest of any deer ever – but it is no longer completely clear why they grew to such ...