Imagine stepping into a misty, ancient Irish forest, the ground trembling beneath your feet as a colossal shape emerges between the twisted oaks. Towering above the undergrowth, with antlers ...

The Irish elk, or Megaloceros giganteus, ranged across northern Eurasia from Siberia to Ireland and shed its giant antlers every year. It is on display in the David H. Koch Hall of Fossils—Deep ...