Today we call it the Irish elk, or Megaloceros giganteus. The biggest males weighed 1,500 pounds, about the same as an Alaskan moose, and they sported the largest antlers the world has ever known ...

LANSING, MI – Emmett the elk lost his humongous antlers last week in the annual spring shed. Potter Park Zoo announced Thursday that its bull, Emmett, had shed his rack. The Facebook post ...

Elk are the largest land mammals in the state. Males weigh around 700 pounds and can sport antlers up to five feet wide. More than 200 years after elk disappeared from North Carolina's mountains ...

More than 200 years after elk disappeared from North Carolina's mountains, state leaders are proposing the first elk hunt in ...