Jeannine Fleegle, Pa. Game Commission wildlife biologist, explains how antlers grow and what causes some unique racks on deer.

My husband, Bill, is a hunter. He watches the fields and wooded areas around our home every day, looking for deer. We have a large amount of very intelligent deer, both around us and at his hunting ...

Every spring, male deer undertake a unique biological ritual: sprouting and rapidly regrowing their massive, spiky antlers. A complex matrix of bone, living tissue and nerve endings, deer antlers can ...

A Pennsylvania hunter who has spent decades in the meat industry is sharing his theory about why bucks of the same year class have antlers of different sizes. Eric V. “Zeke” Zimmerman of Derry, ...

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 ...

Severe drought and high temperatures in Texas may be stunting the growth of white-tailed deer antlers. Texas is currently gripped by drought, and according to the latest government map released on ...

Reindeer (also known as caribou) are a member of the deer family, native to the tundra, boreal forests, and mountains of the extreme frigid north. In human culture, they are a staple of northern ...

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 ...