The Irish elk, scientifically known as Megaloceros giganteus, was not just another deer—it was the largest deer to ever walk the earth. Standing up to seven feet tall at the shoulder, this ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Could the extinct Irish Elk, world’s largest deer, be resurrected? Scientists believe that some extinct animals, including the Irish elk once immortalized in poem by Seamus Heaney, may walk on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rather, tt was a giant deer that lived throughout Europe, northern Asia and northern Africa. The massive extinct animal stood up to seven feet tall and had antlers that spanned up to 12 feet.

Academics at the Grant Museum, part of the University College of London, made a rare find of the skeleton of an extinct dodo bird in an old box found in an Irish pub.

Extinct Irish Elk, ... The giant deer required abundant, mineral-rich grasses, leaves and shoots, and such vegetation went into drastic decline as temperatures rapidly cooled.

Rare native plants will become extinct and non-native deer will increase across Ireland under the influence of climate change. Researchers from University College Cork say beauties such as spring ...