Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Moose antlers can grow up to one inch per day during peak growth season. A layer of soft velvet covers the antlers, supplying ...

Antlers on deer grow new each year and there are a variety of reasons why they may have a unique shape, drop tine or hole. “Antlers are pretty awesome,” Jeannine Fleegle, wildlife biologist for the ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - This time of year, when it’s hot and no one is visiting their deer stand or favorite patch of woods, bucks are quietly doing something pretty remarkable — they’re growing antlers ...

The study of deer physiology in relation to antler growth provides a window into complex metabolic and nutritional dynamics underpinning one of nature’s most striking examples of regenerative bone ...

Antlers can grow up to one inch per day during peak season. Relying on keratin structures creates a permanent vulnerability because they never regenerate after a battle. Shedding calcified bone is how ...

BRAINERD — It's mid-July, and in the world of white-tailed deer bucks, a number of physiological changes are happening. They are beginning to feed more heavily in preparation for the fall rut, or ...

Few animals are more majestic than those bearing a crown of antlers. Moose bear these head adornments particularly well; they also grow them faster than any other animal. A full antler rack signifies ...

Antler size is an indicator of a buck's health, nutrition, and age, not necessarily dominance. Injuries to a deer can result in abnormally shaped antlers, such as drop tines or even a third antler.