Antlers or horns adorn many of the species emblematic of the West: bighorn sheep, mountain goats, mule deer, elk, moose and pronghorn. In general, antlers and horns serve similar functions: defense ...

Sometimes it pays to be mediocre. A new study shows that sheep with a 50/50 blend of genes for small and big horns pass along more of their genes over a lifetime than their purely big-horned brethren, ...

This bull moose was spotted near Brainard Lake. In early September, when the antlers of male deer, elk and moose have stopped growing and the bone is fully formed, blood stops flowing to the velvet, ...